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C.W. Shumate entry
[edit]C.W. "Cliff" Shumate is an American businessman[1], farmer, and author[2]. He owns Kentucky Enterprises[1], has written three children's books[3], and makes an assortment of blackberry food products.
Kentucky Food Production and Marketing
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Shumate graduated from Morehead State University with an agriculture degree in 1981. Shumate now produces and markets a line of blackberry barbeque sauces[4] and blackberry jams under the brand C.W. Shumate, and his company Kentucky Enterprises, LLC is licensed with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture as an official Kentucky Proud food producer[5].
Literary Work
[edit]Gram's Journey (2015)
[edit]In 2016, Shumate authored and published his first book, a hardbound color-illustrated children’s adventure entitled Blackberry Tails: Gram's Journey and unveiled it at the Paris, Kentucky Art Walk event. Shumate collaborated with friend and internationally exhibited artist L. Clark Uhl, who drew the book's illustrations and structured the layout. Gram’s Journey (ISBN 978-0-692-62559-0) has received a United States Copyright effective January 26, 2016, and is housed in the US Library of Congress. The Kentucky-based story is about a lost puppy, Gram, finding home[6]. Gram is a rescue dog discovered in Bourbon County, KY by Shumate's daughter in 2012 and currently lives with the family.
Blackberry Tails Series
[edit]Shumate has published two more books in the Blackberry Tails series: Raisin's Odyssey[7] and Elvis' Dream. A fourth book, Pearl's Trek, has been announced[3].
Literary Reviews
[edit]Kentucky Living Magazine writer Penny Woods wrote “C.W. Shumate offers Blackberry Tails: Gram’s Journey as a sweet parent-child story time."[8]. Paul Gibson, writer for The Bourbon County Citizen, wrote “Blackberry Tails is a delightful children’s book. Shumate will attend a number of upcoming book signing events, and you should take the opportunity to meet Mr. Shumate.”[9] The Carlisle Mercury wrote “Authors must compete with latest technology using pen and paper, and Blackberry Tails author C.W. Shumate was up for the challenge.”[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kentucky Enterprises, LLC". app.sos.ky.gov. Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^ "Blackberry Tails: Gram's Journey copyright". www.copyright.gov. United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^ a b Aldridge, Chris (30 October 2018). "Shumate-Carries-On-a-Kentucky-Proud-Tradition". www.kyagr.com. Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "C.W. SHUMATE KENTUCKY BLACKBERRY BBQ SAUCE - Trademarks411, Trademark Search Made Simple". www.trademarks411.com. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ "Kentucky Proud". www.kyproud.com. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ a b "Kentucky Author encourages parents to bring back Storytelling with Children". The Carlisle Mercury (newspaper). 23 Nov 2016. p. 20.
- ^ "Kentucky Author Reads to Frankfort Christian Academy Students". www.frankfortchristian.org. March 29, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Kentucky Living 2016 - KL December 2016" (Magazine). p. 7. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ Gibson, Paul (27 Apr 2016). "Local Author Signs His First Book At Artwalk". The Bourbon County Citizen. p. 4.