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Author
Series
Book woman of Troublesome Creek volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library...
Author
Series
The book woman of Troublesome Creek volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kentucky packhorse librarian Tansy Calhoun doesn't mind the rough trails and long hours as she serves her mountain community during the Great Depression. Even the rough people-like ornery Perdita Sweet-have their charms. But can love bloom in such rocky soil?"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A family living in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1930's gets books to read during the regular visits of the "Book Woman" - a librarian who rides a pack horse through the mountains, lending books to the isolated residents.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1930's rural Kentucky, Anna Mary, rhymes with library, and her horse, Sand, go from farm to farm to deliver books to the delight of both children and adults.