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1-492-69163-1. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a 2019 novel by Kim Michele Richardson. The story is a fictionalized account of real subjects in the history of eastern Kentucky. Cussy Mary is a "Book Woman" — one of the Packhorse Librarians who delivered books to remote areas of the Appalachian Mountains during the Great Depression ...
The Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program that delivered books to remote regions in the Appalachian Mountains between 1935 and 1943. Women were very involved in the project which eventually had 30 different libraries serving 100,000 people. Pack horse librarians were known by many different names including ...
Farmer. Annie "Mesannie" Wilkins (1891–1980) was a 63-year-old farmer who made national headlines by traveling over 5,000 miles across the United States from Maine to California with a retired race horse named Tarzan, a packhorse named Rex and a dog named Depeche Toi (French for "Hurry Up").
Back during the Great Depression, the creek beds of eastern Kentucky weren't known for their hospitality. Cut Shin, Troublesome and Hell for Certain Creek -- the level of their compassion was ...
823.92. LC Class. PR6113.O94. The Giver of Stars is a 2019 historical fiction novel by Jojo Moyes about packhorse librarians in a remote area of Kentucky. Set in Depression-era America, The Giver of Stars is the story of five extraordinary women and their journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond. The women deliver library books to ...
In France in the 17th century, women who rode wore an outfit called a devantiere. [1] The skirt of the devantiere was split up the back to enable astride riding. [2] By the early 19th century, in addition to describing the whole costume, a devantiere could describe any part of the riding habit, be it the skirt, [2] the apron, [3] or the riding coat.
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American. Known for. Children's book illustration. John Wesley Dennis[2] (May 16, 1903 [3] – September 3, 1966 [a]) [2] was an American illustrator, known best for fifteen children's books about horses that he created in collaboration with writer Marguerite Henry. [4] He illustrated over 150 books in his lifetime, [5] including Anna Sewell 's ...