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"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 route,...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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Por la autora de Yo antes de ti, una fabulosa historia sobre cinco extraordinarias mujeres que intentan cambiar su mundo con el poder de los libros.
Inspirada por la sed de aventuras y el deseo de abandonar la monotonía de Inglaterra, Alice Wright se enamora de un atractivo americano y toma la impulsiva decisión de aceptar su propuesta de matrimonio.
Pero su nueva vida en la pequeña y conservadora ciudad minera de Kentucky en la que Alice se instala...
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Book woman of Trouble Creek volume 1
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English
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"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...
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English
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"Kentucky packhorse librarian Tansy Calhoun doesn't mind the rough trails and long hours as she serves her Appalachian mountain community during the Great Depression. Yet she longs to find love like the heroines in the books she loves. When a charming writer comes to town, she thinks she might have found it-- or is the perfect man actually closer than she thinks? Perdita Sweet has called these mountains home for so long that she's nearly as rocky...
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
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A family living in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1930s 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.
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Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
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A young librarian rides a pack horse through the mountains to deliver books to children in Appalachia during the Great Depression. Includes historical note on the packhorse library project.
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 DVD (approximately 40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest so they'll be ready for another day of rough and tough construction play.
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Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
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254 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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The folks in the Kentucky Appalachians are scraping by. Coal mining and hardscrabble know-how are a way of life for these isolated people. But when Amanda Rye, a young widowed mother and traveling packhorse librarian, comes through a mountain community hit hard by the nation's economic collapse, she brings with her hope, courage, and apple pie. Along the way, Amanda takes a shine to the MacInteer family, especially to the gentle Rai; her quick-study...
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Playaway View
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
1 video media player (57 min.) : digital ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
The North Star: Curious about many of the things around him, a young boy goes off to discover the more about himself and his world.
The man who walked between the towers: A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
That book woman: A family living in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1930s gets books to read during the regular visits of the "Book Woman"--a librarian who rides a pack horse through...
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