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My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song Mango Wood a bright red cardinal perchedExplore the hidden history of a song that has echoed through American life for generations. "My Old Kentucky Home," written by Stephen Foster, began as a lament for an enslaved man sold downriver but was transformed over time into a nostalgic anthem for a romanticized Southern past. Historian Emily Bingham uncovers the song's complex and often contradictory journey. From its origins in the minstrel shows of the 1850s to its cherished place at the