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Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky [Paperback]

Kathi Appelt (Author)

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Publisher: HarperCollins (2001)
ASIN: B000OABI16

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wish There Was More, April 8, 2002

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This is the kind of book we all should read, regardless of age. It is well researched, well annotated and well written. I bought it for my wife, a reading specialist, for Easter, and wound up reading it before she got her hands on it. It would be great to have an older version, filled with more info, etc. For now, however, I'll take what I can get!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky, March 31, 2002

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This was a new piece of history that sadly, I was not taught in school. I applaud the ladies and gent who were dedicated to bringing literacy to the masses at all cost. The $28 salary opened doors for the care of their families, it was the love of reading and the people that kept them going back day after day.
Everyone in education or who just loves a good straight forward look at history MUST read this book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Down cut shin creek: the pack horse librarians of Kentucky, June 26, 2010

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I drive bookmobiles in Colorado, so I am very interested in books about mobile library service. This is about getting materials to the outlying areas of Kentucky during the U.S. Depression. I should never complain again when my laptop service goes down.

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"away the already thin layer of topsoil that covered the hardscrabble landscape, making farming virtually impossible. In 1933, Federal Emergency Relief Director Harry Hopkins sent Lorena Hickock, a former reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, to report the " Read the first page

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Library Materials and Services for Teen Girls (Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series) by Katie O'Dell on page 40
Galloping Across the U.S.A.: Horses in American Life (Transportation in America) by Martin W. Sandler in Back Matter
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