Thursday, June 17, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Down Cut Shin Creek by Kathi Appelt
Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky by Kathi Appelt and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer, Harper Collins, 2001, ISBN 0-06-029135-4
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created by President FD Roosevelt in 1935 to get people back on their feet during the Great Depression. One of the more "innovative" programs was this one, in which young women went into the backwoods of Kentucky, laden with books, in order to bring "the hope of a wider world to people in the crooks and hollows of Kentucky."
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created by President FD Roosevelt in 1935 to get people back on their feet during the Great Depression. One of the more "innovative" programs was this one, in which young women went into the backwoods of Kentucky, laden with books, in order to bring "the hope of a wider world to people in the crooks and hollows of Kentucky."
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