A book about a poor, illiterate Kentucky boy learning to read from the Pack Horse Library Lady who just never stops coming to his house!

Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek THE NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling novel , The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a powerful message about how the written word affects people--a story of hope and heartbreak, raw courage and strength splintered with poverty and oppression, and one woman's chances beyond the darkly hollows.

She has lived in the mountains her whole life, knowing the routes like the back of her hand. The Keepers: Story #2. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome has its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. The Pack Horse Librarians of Eastern Kentucky on NPR’s Morning Edition Posted by The Kitchen Sisters on Sep 13, 2018 in The Keepers. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Pack Horse Library Carrier visiting man with gun shot wound. Many people were living in dire poverty with no hope. Down Cut Shin Creek. During the Depression, those horrible years after 1929, the Appalachians were hit hard. Cussy's not only a book woman, however; she’s also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Not everyone is keen on Cussy’s family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. Our story takes place in Baileyville, Kentucky and follows the challenges of the courageous women who volunteer to take up the pack horse library work. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (eBook) : Richardson, Kim Michele : The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything-everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome’s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy’s not only a book woman, however, she’s also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Not everyone is keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. Coal mines were being shut down. Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Margery O’Hare heads the motley crew.

Not everyone is keen on Cussy’s family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. Via/ University of Kentucky Via/ University of Kentucky From 1935 until 1943 the project helped to reached about 100,000 people with only 1,000 riders employed as book women over the life of the program. This book for children won the Christopher Award as well as the Great Lakes Book Award.