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THE HORSEBACK LIBRARIANS
THE HORSEBACK LIBRARIANS
Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > General
Author:
Jane Yolen
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780807562918
Price:
US 18.99
Publication Year:
2023

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There were no libraries in the backwoods of Kentucky in the 1930s. Librarians there and throughout the South delivered books to families by horseback and mule, sleeping outdoors or sheltering in barns when they could, going from farm to farm in remote areas.