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Life & Times of the Kentucky River GiantWe explore the origins of the Bates Family of early Kentucky and the life of Martin Van Buren Bates and Anna Swan Bates, the largest man and woman in the world as they toured the US, Canada and Europe as international celebrities.
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We explore the origins of the Bates Family of early Kentucky and the life of Martin Van Buren Bates and Anna Swan Bates, the largest man and woman in the world as they toured the US, Canada and Europe as international celebrities.
Editors
Ira J. Bates
Storyteller by birth, health executive by trade, retired entrepreneur, and most recently a social innovator and historian.