The Story of Big Bone Lick

The Story of Big Bone Lick written by Kentucky author Nancy Jordan Blackmore is an educational story told by a talking horse that travels back in time to make friends with the ice age animals at the world famous Boone County Kentucky site where many mega beasts were first discovered in the 1700's.

Tokey the talking horse is Blackmore's mare that was honored by the Kentucky Legislature being named "Ambassador of Goodwill for the State of Kentucky". Many book fans travel to Jane's Saddlebag to visit this horse that is always happy to see each visitor.

Readers journey along with Tokey and her friends Willie the Woolly Mammoth, Helen the Ice Age Horse, and Bison Bob to learn all the latest information about the last great Ice Age.

In all the young readers are exposed to 13 extinct Ice Age Giants to include the Short face Bear, Giant Beaver, Stag Moose, Flat headed Peccary, Columbian Mammoth, Mastodon, Ground Sloth, and the Saber Tooth Cat.

Big Bone Lick is an ancient Native American name for one of the most fertile fossil sites in the world. As important as Big Bone Lick is to modern-day society, it would have gone unnoticed to many had it not been for a woman with no formal scientific training whatsoever. Nancy Jordan Blackmore simply used her reporter’s intuition and training and literally dug up a story that touches our past, present and future. What she has discovered during her research is beautifully told as these extinct animals come to life.

Nancy Jordan Blackmore's career has taken her from her hometown of Buffalo, NY, across the World. Nancy has written, promoted and preformed County Music from Nashville to Moscow. She created and hosted her own talk show. She was a Newspaper Columnist, writer, served at TV Anchor/Reporter for CNN Local Edition and was a candidate for the Kentucky State Senate. As a mother of four, "The Story of Big Bone Lick" clearly illustrates her love of children, Kentucky, wildlife and writing.

How to Purchase Your Copy

• Hardbound: $30
• Softcover: $20
• Shipping and Handling: $5

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Jane's Saddlebag
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13989 Ryle Rd
Big Bone Lick, KY 41091

If you have any questions, please call 859-384-6617. If you would like your book signed by the author, please give us the name of the person you want to appear in the book.

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Jane's Saddlebag in Big Bone Lick, KY is a heritage tourism destination with an educational farm located on historic Big Bone Creek, a backwater of the Ohio River in Boone County, Kentucky. Our facility provides hands-on experiences for children and adults with over 50 acres of hiking, creek walking, exploring, and observing wild animals. Jane's also has a large variety of farm animals to observe, cuddle, groom, feed and hold. We stress respect for animals and give emphasis to a human connection with the natural world.

Big Bone Lick, Kentucky
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