It\'s 4:30 in the morning, and the book woman and her Horse are already on their way.
But it was the Librarians themselves€young, determined, and earning just $28 a month€who brought the hope of a wider world to people in the crooks and hollows of Kentucky\'s Cumberland Mountains..
People all over the country supported the project\'s goals.
Thoroughly researched and illustrated with period photographs, this is the story of one of the WPA\'s greatest successes.
One of its most innovative programs was the Pack Horse Library Project of Eastern Kentucky.
The WPAˆ€ˆwas designed to get people back on their feet.
Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration under his 1933 New Deal initiative.
In 1935 President Franklin D.
Many perished.
During the Great Depression, thousands lived on the brink of starvation.
Hers is an important job, for the folks along her treacherous route are eager for the tattered books and magazines she carries in her saddlebags.
It\'s 4:30 in the morning, and the book woman and her Horse are already on their way
