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Jim Gray

Jim Gray

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One canonical authority record for Jim Gray. Source-specific foreword credit remains in Source Contributions.

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Jim Gray; normalized sort name: Gray, Jim.

Disambiguation

Contributor of the foreword to The Birth of Bourbon; identified in the book as mayor of Lexington, Kentucky at publication.

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Foreword contributor who frames the photographs through Lexington's distillery heritage, adaptive reuse, tourism, and regional renewal. His contribution is contextual, not the Source's main evidentiary layer.

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Foreword credit verified from The Birth of Bourbon.

Biography Summary

Contributor of the foreword to The Birth of Bourbon; identified in the book as mayor of Lexington, Kentucky at publication.

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Gray, Jim

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Jim Gray — The Birth of Bourbon — Foreword byJim Gray — The Birth of Bourbon — Foreword by
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