| Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky Contributor(s): Appelt, Kathi (Author), Schmitzer, Jeanne Cannella (Author) |
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ISBN: 1948959100 ISBN-13: 9781948959100 Publisher: Purple House Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | Books & Libraries |
| Dewey: 027.076 |
| LCCN: 2019933095 |
| Lexile Measure: 1030 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7.5" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 58 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 51214 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Progress Administration under his 1933 New Deal initiative. The WPAˆ€ˆwas designed to get people back on their feet. One of its most innovative programs was the Pack Horse Library Project of Eastern Kentucky. Thoroughly researched and illustrated with period photographs, this is the story of one of the WPA's greatest successes. People all over the country supported the project's goals. But it was the librarians themselves"€"young, determined, and earning just $28 a month"€"who brought the hope of a wider world to people in the crooks and hollows of Kentucky's Cumberland Mountains. |