35 records matched your query       

Author:

Richardson, Kim Michele, author.

Title:

The book woman of Troublesome Creek / by Kim Michele Richardson.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

487 pages (large print) : maps, photographs ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Librarians--Fiction.
Traveling libraries--Kentucky--Fiction.
Packhorse librarians--Kentucky--Fiction.
Methemoglobinemia--Patients--Fiction.
Kentucky--History--20th century--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

"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 in their small town. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's determination to bring a little bit of hope to the darkly hollers"-- Provided by publisher.
1936. Tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. She joins Roosevelt's Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a traveling librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her mule to deliver books and other reading material to the impoverished hill people of Eastern Kentucky. Along her route, Cussy faces doubters at every turn, but is determined to bring the joy of books to the hardscrabble Kentuckians. -- adapted from back cover

ISBN:

1432867113
9781432867119

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1099539462

LCCN:

2019020024

Locations:

HLPC845 -- Alton Public Library (Alton)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

XWPC787 -- Avoca Public Library (Avoca)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

SXPC124 -- Greene Public Library (Greene)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

SQPC104 -- Jesup Public Library (Jesup)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

EYPC755 -- Kingsley Public Library (Kingsley)

CGPC482 -- Marengo Public Library (Marengo)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

BUPB851 -- Maxwell Public Library (Maxwell)

FPPC224 -- Murphy Helwig Library (Monona)

YMPD532 -- Monticello Public Library (Monticello)

CWPB586 -- Mellinger Memorial Library (Morning Sun)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

W7PA017 -- Public Resource Technology Center (Orient Public Lib) (Orient)

NLPA993 -- Rowan Public Library (Rowan) — LP AF RIC

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

S2PA501 -- Sully Community Library (Sully)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)