Appelt, Kathi
Down Cut Shin Creek the pack horse librarians of Kentucky by Kathi Appelt & Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer. - 1st ed. - New York HarperCollins, c2001. - vi, 58 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
It's 4:30 in the morning, and the "book woman" and her horse are already on their way. Hers is an important job, for the folks along her treacherous route are eager for the tattered books and magazines she carries in her saddlebags.
During the Great Depression, thousands lived on the brink of starvation. Many perished. In 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progess Administration under his 1933 New Deal initiative. The WPA was designed to get people back on their feet. One of its most innovative programs was the Pack Horse Library Project of Eastern Kentucky.
1030L
0060291354 006029244X (lib. bdg.)
00059702
United States. Work Projects Administration. Kentucky
United States. Work Projects Administration. Kentucky.
Packhorse librarians--Kentucky
Rural libraries--Kentucky
Depressions--Kentucky--1929
Mountain life--Kentucky
Packhorse librarians--Kentucky.
Rural libraries--Kentucky.
Depressions--1929.
Mountain life--Kentucky.
Kentucky--Rural conditions
Kentucky--History.
j027.0769091734 App 20
Down Cut Shin Creek the pack horse librarians of Kentucky by Kathi Appelt & Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer. - 1st ed. - New York HarperCollins, c2001. - vi, 58 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
It's 4:30 in the morning, and the "book woman" and her horse are already on their way. Hers is an important job, for the folks along her treacherous route are eager for the tattered books and magazines she carries in her saddlebags.
During the Great Depression, thousands lived on the brink of starvation. Many perished. In 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progess Administration under his 1933 New Deal initiative. The WPA was designed to get people back on their feet. One of its most innovative programs was the Pack Horse Library Project of Eastern Kentucky.
1030L
0060291354 006029244X (lib. bdg.)
00059702
United States. Work Projects Administration. Kentucky
United States. Work Projects Administration. Kentucky.
Packhorse librarians--Kentucky
Rural libraries--Kentucky
Depressions--Kentucky--1929
Mountain life--Kentucky
Packhorse librarians--Kentucky.
Rural libraries--Kentucky.
Depressions--1929.
Mountain life--Kentucky.
Kentucky--Rural conditions
Kentucky--History.
j027.0769091734 App 20