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Uncle Dude

My Uncle Dude, a real character in every way, loved Mike Linnigs. He loved it so much that we would have to go with him every time he came to Louisville to visit us. Not that I minded. I loved Mike Linnig's, too. Some of my earliest memories of eating out are in a back room in the restaurant or being called from the swings outside when the food arrived.

Uncle Dude was so fond of the seafood that you would sometimes fly his small private airplane from his home in Franklin, KY up to Louisville, a trip of about 125 miles, rent a car at the airport just to drive to Mike Linnigs for supper and then fly home again. He would always call and ask if we wanted to meet him there. Quite often we would.

When I became a teenager I started going myself with friends. Occasionally we would take our boat up the Ohio River from the boat dock in Brandenburg or Otter Creek Park to the dock at Mike Linnig's and enjoy dinner before a leisurely ride home.

I've grown up now and sadly Uncle Dude is no longer with us, but I still love going to Mike Linnigs.

True Roadfood

When I first bought the Roadfood books by Jane and Michael Stern, long before the website was created, I was shocked to not see Mike's included. This is exactly the kind of restaurant and experience that the Stern's live for. Thankfully Jane and Michael have since been to the restaurant and are able to share this wonderful old fashioned "fish camp" with the world on their website Roadfood.com. I only wish I had known when they were coming so I could have joined them.

Fish camps restaurants use to be spread all over the south. Back before the interstates made it possible to drive from Louisville to Orlando in one day -- and not see anything -- these were packed every summer with people enjoying the catch of the day. But like so much of Americana, the fish camps have been disappearing for many years. Mike Linnig's may be one of the last. If you are in Louisville, or anywhere close, do yourself a favor and go eat some wonderful fish.

A few words of advice when you go to Mike Linnig's:

Go in the summer and sit outside (when I was a kid it was closed in the winter.) You can only get the true fish camp experience under the stars.

If you don't like fried seafood, don't bother. Oh, I guess they might serve something not fried on the menu, but I've never bothered to look. Just get the Seafood Plate or Frog Legs. Get plenty of Tartar Sauce. Get the sweet tea. And enjoy life.

And tell'em Uncle Dude sent ya.

Mark Hester loves to eat good food. He has created a blog and a website devoted to his passions. The blog is all about the kind of traditional Road Food that Mike Linnig's does so well and can be viewed at http://roadfoodblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/1-mike-linnigs-from-past.html His website is dedicated to that sweet Southern specialty, Barbeque! Visit the http://www.theweekendgrillers.com for great BBQ recipes and tips & tricks from the BBQ Masters.

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Benjamin Franklin $5.99 You're about to be an eyewitness to the top ten days in Ben Franklin's life, including: A cunning escape from a cruel brother. A shrewd plan to save the colonies. A treacherous spy game in Paris. A shocking battle with a vengeful aristocrat. And a last-minute triumph that bound American together. These days and five others shook Franklin's world - and yours.

John Franklin $101.96 Sir John Franklin, FRGS was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who mapped almost two thirds of the northern coastline of North America. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning, scurvy and exposure before and after Franklin died and the expeditions icebound ships were abandoned in desperation. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Publication Date: 2010/07/31 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.37 inches

The Franklin Affair $11.99 “Three may keep a secret if two of ’em are dead.” –Poor Richard’s Almanack[pg. 27 of mss] R Taylor arrives in Philadelphia for the funeral of his longtime friend Dr. Wally Rush with a heavy heart. Not only has the world lost one of its preeminent, Pulitzer Prize—winning American Revolution historians, but R has lost his mentor, the man who led him to devote his life’s work to the study of “The First American,” Benjamin Franklin. The bond between them was sealed when R did Wally a favor that could never be revealed. But Wally saved one final secret for R, disclosed in a letter conveyed by the will’s executor. Written in the slow, painful script of the professor’s last days, the note delivers an incredible bombshell. Wally, it seems, had stumbled upon twelve handwritten pages in a code commonly used by spies during the revolutionary war. The pages refer to George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, and level a shocking charge–that Benjamin Franklin committed a heinous crime. Wally, not wanting to foul the image of his lifelong hero, had kept this monumental secret until his death. But as R races to unravel the mystery, he faces an onslaught of obstacles. Vicious blackmail, a threat of sabotage against his own career, and grave personal doubts threaten to overtake R as he struggles with a discovery that has the potential to completely alter the fabric of American history. Rich with revelations, rife with the darkest depths of deceit and mystery, and enlightened by the unparalleled insights of America’s first patriots, The Franklin Affair is a tense, constantly surprising novel about the ultimate quest for truth and justice. From the Hardcover edition.

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Franklin in His Own Time $27.95 In his time Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) was the most famous American in the world. Even those personally unacquainted with the man knew him as the author of Poor Richard’s Almanack , as a pioneer in the study of electricity and a major figure in the American Enlightenment, as the creator of such life-changing innovations as the lightning rod and America’s first circulating library, and as a leader of the American Revolution. His friends also knew him as a brilliant conversationalist, a great wit, an intellectual filled with curiosity, and most of all a master anecdotist whose vast store of knowledge complemented his conversational skills. In Franklin in His Own Time , by reprinting the original documents in which those anecdotes occur, Kevin Hayes and Isabelle Bour restore those oft-told stories to their cultural contexts to create a comprehensive narrative of his life and work.   The thirty-five recollections gathered in Franklin in His Own Time form an animated, collaborative biography designed to provide a multitude of perspectives on the “First American.” Opening with an account by botanist Peter Kalm showing that Franklin was doing all he could to encourage the development of science in North America, it includes on-the-spot impressions from Daniel Fisher’s diary, the earliest surviving interview with Franklin, recollections from James Madison and Abigail Adams, Manasseh Cutler’s detailed description of the library at Franklin Court, and extracts from Alexander Hamilton’s unvarnished Minutes of the Tuesday Club . Franklin’s political missions to Great Britain and France, where he took full advantage of rich social and intellectual opportunities, are a source of many reminiscences, some published here in new translations. Genuine memories from such old friends as Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, as opposed to memories influenced by the Autobiography , clarify Franklin’s reputation. Robert Carr may have been the last remaining person who knew Franklin personally, and thus his recollections are particularly significant.   Each entry is introduced by a headnote that places the selection in its historical and cultural contexts; explanatory notes provide information about people and places; and the editors’ comprehensive introduction and chronology detail Franklin’s eventful life. Dozens of lively primary sources published incrementally over more than a hundred years illustrate the complexity of the man, his mind, and his mannerisms in a way that no single biographer could.  

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The Children of the Lost By Dixon, Franklin W. $11.09 Frank and Joe investigate the disappearance of eight children from Misty Falls State Park in Idaho over the last twelve years after one of the missing children reappears with no memory of anything that happened previously. Author: Dixon, Franklin W. Series Title: Hardy Boys, Undercover Brothers Subtitle: Book One in the Lost Mystery Trilogy Publication Date: 2010/05/04 Number of Pages: 186 Binding Type: Paperback Grade Level: 46 Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 5.25 Height: 7.75