| | Ordering Information 1 “The Evils of Breathitt County; according to O. H. Napier ” This book tells about the early feuds when James Hargis was Judge and Ed Callahan was Sheriff around the year 1903. Many people were killed in broad daylight right in the streets of Jackson. Also, the book goes on to tell about dirty politics, bootlegging, the growing of pot, prostitutes, the use of dynamite, and a whole chapter on the strike days of Falcon Coal workers (which almost shut Breathitt County down). Another story is about the time David Blanton shot up the circus that came through the county. He claimed that they had cheated him out of his winning a teddy bear. Many other stories included in book. Price - $20 + $5 shipping & handling. 2 “Tragedy of the Frozen Creek Flood ” This book tells about the terrible flood that killed 53 men, women, and children as they were helpless in the flood waters that rose so fast that night in the little community of Frozen in Breathitt County, KY. This happened on the Fourth of July in the year 1939. Actual photos are included in the book of the remains of the flood and some of the victims. The cover features a picture of a young child ( his last name being Spicer) as he stands behind four wooden coffins containing his father, mother, brother, and sister, all killed that night in the flood. Many stories are in this book about the victims. One whole religious school was taken away by the flood; buildings, teachers, and students all sent to an early grave with most of them teenagers. 40 pages. Price - $20 + $5 shipping & handling . 3 “A Bloody Night in Breathitt County ” This book took lots of research as the newspapers and court papers were all done away with to hide the evidence. The jailer, Smokey Allen, was a very powerful man in politics and so were his enemies, the Nobles and the Watts. The book contains many articles from 1921 from the Lexington newspapers and the Jackson Times. Three prisoners had been locked up in the Breathitt County jail and they were the family members of the Nobles and Watts from Lost Creek. The story passed down the years claimed a deal was made between the jailer and the Nobles: the prisoners in exchange for 20 gallons of moonshine. Things went very wrong when the Nobles came into Jackson to get their family members from jail. Shooting started and the jailer lost his youngest daughter who was packing a child, another daughter, and a nephew. The men accused of doing the shooting were never caught even as the Governor sent troops in, posses were formed from citizens, and county lawmen. Hundreds of men covered the mountains every day for months but never found all the men responsible. A chapter is in this book about the famous Clayhole election battle where 4 were killed and 11 wounded. Also in the book is the 1850 and 1860 Breathitt County slave list. 4 “Hillbilly from Heaven; Hardshell, KY, USA ” This is the authors’ favorite book. It tells about the six months he lived in the woods alone on the family graveyard in an abandoned van with no electricity or nor modern conviences. The books tells the true story of living with his two dogs, wild animals such as mice, wildcats and others and sitting in the graveyard at midnight watching for ghosts. His friend won the Kentucky Powerball $23 million game and bought him a Rickenbacker guitar for his birthday. Many things happened in his life during those 6 months. This book is full of pictures of his many friends in Hardshell, KY. (Note: This book could be considered R rated.) 120 pages. Price - $20 & $5 shipping and handling. 5 “The Bodies that Stain the Bloody Grounds of Breathitt County ” This book contains the actual newspaper articles reprinted from the back files of the Jackson Times between the years 1925 through 1950 for every murder during that period. So many families are in this book this book. All of the articles from the Jacksom Times and Hazard Herald are dated and are available at the library and Lees College on microfilm. 125 pages. Price - $20 & $5 shipping and handling .
If interested, books can be ordered by mail at the following address: OH Napier Box 392 Jackson, KY 41339 Phone: 606-666-7530 or 606-666-8863 Email: bigohnapier@hotmail.com About the Author  O H Napier has written 5 books about Breathitt County, KY over the last few years. His books cover the years beginning with 1900 up to the present time. He has also written articles for the Jackson Times. | |
