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Appelt, Kathi , Schmitzer, Jeanne Cannella

Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky

58 pp. | HarperCollins | May, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-06-029135-4 $$16.95 | Library ISBN 0-06-029244-X $$16.89
(3) 4-6 After an opening chapter on the New Deal and WPA programs, a lengthy second chapter (half the book) is a fictionalized account of one workday for a pack-horse librarian as she brings well-worn books and magazines to a mountain community. Subsequent chapters offer information about the program, and numerous archival photos add interest. Bib.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2001

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