"Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate" by Eric Brooks

I read another great book in the "Images of America" series.  "Ashland:  The Henry Clay Estate" by Eric Brooks covers a whole lot of great info relating to Lexington's most legendary politician and his fabulous home.

These books are fun, visual volumes that are small, quick reads.  They have a lot of old photos though, and they are nice books to have around.

Author Eric Brooks has put together a lot of photos and documents relating to the home, its purchase, ownership, etc, etc.

I have visited the home several times, but there is a lot I didn't know about.  This book goes in to detail about later generations of the Clay family that owned the property, its connection to colleges and a museum, and ultimately the home becoming a museum itself in 1950.

The home is actually a rebuilt version of the home Henry lived in, but his son tried to keep things fairly consistent.  Oh, and the home has some interesting Civil War ties too!

Eric Brooks really put together a nice book about Ashland.