There had been previous attempts to get books into the remote region. In 1913, a Kentuckian named May Stafford solicited money to take books to rural people on horseback, but her project only lasted one year. Local Berea College sent a horse-drawn book wagon into the mountains in the l...
When Greta overhears the library board president and a larger-than-life member of the treasure-hunting club arguing about a secret discovery, her curiosity is piqued—even more so when one of the women leaves a book with a sequence of strange markings on its pages in the library book return...
When Greta overhears the library board president and a larger-than-life member of the treasure-hunting club arguing about a secret discovery, her curiosity is piqued—even more so when one of the women leaves a book with a sequence of strange markings on its pages in the library book return...
Very slow in places, otherwise good. Love the history of the women who traveled over some of these treacherous hill and trails to help bring joy to so many, and on horseback. CarolT Very satisfying This would have been 5 stars except the first quarter of the book seems way too const...
At th e end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. 正文 -- 全新版第二版听说 BOOK3 Part I Listening Comprehension ( 28 minutes ) Section A Directions: In this section, ...
The leader, and soon Alice’s greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who’s never asked a man’s permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Horseback Librarians of Kentucky. ...
So thick were the bodies, Reed wrote, that he "could hardly ride through on horseback, and on the Cerro [the hill] were seven distinct ridges of rebel dead. . . ." Reed's descriptions are frightfully vivid and every one of them rings true. But tales of combat aren't what 'Insurgent...