The 1885 Jones-Wright Feud

About the Book

About the Author

Ben Luntz was born and raised in Letcher county, Kentucky. He is an educator and physics instructor. He obtained his Masters and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Kentucky. He is the youngest son of the late Dr. Benjamin F. Wright (1891-1969) and the late Hazel Iris Adams (1919-1969). Dr. Benjamin F. Wright was a physician and surgeon and, during the latter part of his life, the political boss of Letcher county. During Dr. Wright’s boyhood his family opposed the Ku Klux Klan in Letcher county. From his father and uncles, Ben Luntz received a great deal of information regarding their struggle with the Letcher county Ku Klux Klan during the time from 1896 through 1908. Presently, Ben Luntz is teaching physics in Lexington, Kentucky.