On Bended Knees: The Night Rider Story

By Bill Cunningham

Book Overview

A non-fictional tale of the Kentucky and Tennessee tobacco wars and farmers' revolt against the impoverishing tobacco prices of the "Duke Trust." Story of James B. Duke's tobacco empire and Dr. David... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0913383430
• ISBN13: 9780913383438
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: McClanahan Pub House
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Great book!

I bought this book because my husband's Papaw has continuously talked about it for the entire time we've been together. They are from Kentucky, and apparently a past relative was once a Night Rider. It was very interesting to read about how things came about, things that happened, and how they ended. If you like history, this is a good one!

On Bended Knees: The Night Rider Story

Cunningham has written an accurate, thorough, interesting account of the fight by dark-fired tobacco farmers against a marketing monopoly early in the 20th century. The story caused me to reflect upon several questions related to government, justice, and morality. It has a surprise ending, too.

Very good

Being from this area I had heard of the Night Riders before but this is my first book on the subject. Anybody who enjoys local history will enjoy this book and it's surprise ending.

The most factual tale of the Night Riders and tobacco wars of old to date!

As the step-daughter of a Caldwell County tobacco farmer, I picked up this book with a general interest in learning about the history of the area I was growing up in. While reading this capivating novel I was relegated with additional details about the Night Rider stops in Cerulean, KY at a barn nearby my previous grandfather in-law's home. The men picked a barn in that area to stop at and switch out their tired horses for fresh ones on their way to Hopkinsville for raids and trouble-making. All of Kentucky history as brought to life only by Mr. Cunningham truly fascinates me. Bill Cunningham is an amazing historian that has consistently recounted some of the most fascinating events in Western Ky history. I have also recently read and highly recommend his novel: "Castle: The Story of a Kentucky Prison." I have enjoyed being captivated by his accounts and writing style. In "On Bended Knees: The Night Rider Story" he has once again delivered! This was an amazing book that I just could not put down once I had started reading. Being a young girl raised on a tobacco farm in Caldwell County, Ky I was no stranger to the grueling work that takes place on a tobacco farm. My family depended on the tobacco markets for a living. Mr. Cunningham brings to life the most historic and fascinating of Western Kentucky tales. This book is a must read for any and all inhabitants of Western Ky and those with a special interest in the history of the tobacco industry and West Kentucky. I agree with the previous reviewer: this is THE novel on the Night Rider story!!

This is THE Night Rider Book to Get

This is a history of the Night Rider movement - an outgrowth of the Black Patch Tobacco Wars in Western Kentucky from 1905 to 1912 ot so. It's a fascinating piece of American History - the tobacco farmer versus the American Tobacco Company, which is becoming a monopoly in the world of tobacco. Well researched with details of the principals, and the major raids. I also read Marshall's Violence in the Black Patch of Kentucky and Tennessee. The Cunningham book is FAR AND AWAY the better book.