02793cam a2200337 i 4500 1341327255 TxAuBib 20240625120000.0 180723s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781492671527 alk. paper 1492671525 alk. paper TxAuBib rda The book woman of Troublesome Creek / Kim Michele Richardson. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2019] 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Kentucky, 1936 -- [47 untitled chapters] -- Author's note -- Images from the Pack Horse Library Project -- Reading group guide -- A conversation with the author -- About the author. The 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. 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 government's new book program, and along her treacherous route, Cussy faces doubters at every turn. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the complex and hardscrabble Kentuckians, she's going to have to confront dangers and prejudice as old as the Appalachias, and suspicion as deep as the holler. Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere -- even back home. - Jacket flap. "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. 20240625. Libraries. Books. Horses. Human beings. Courage. Animals. Literature. Historical fiction.