{"product_id":"the-librarians-journey","title":"The Librarian'S Journey","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brave fight for literacy during the Great Depression\u003c\/b\u003eFour women set out on horseback to bring the library to remote communities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part of FDR's New Deal was the Works Progress Administration, which funded the Pack Horse Library Initiative. Ride along with four book-loving women who bravely fight for literacy in remote communities during the Great Depression by carrying library books via horseback. Will their efforts be rewarded by finding love in the process?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove's Turning Page \u003c\/b\u003eby Cynthia Hickey\u003cbr\u003e 1935, Ozark Mountains\u003cbr\u003e Grace Billings jumped at the chance to be a traveling librarian, but she didn't anticipate the long days of work, the intense poverty, or the handsome new schoolteacher whose love for the mountain people surpasses even her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Such a Time\u003c\/b\u003eby Patty Smith Hall\u003cbr\u003e 1936, Pine Mountain, Georgia\u003cbr\u003e Forced out of her nursing job due to budget cuts, Ruth Sims applies for a position with the Pack Horse Library incentive, only to discover she must go to the one place she swore never to return. The children instantly steal her heart with their thirst for books, and she's happy in her post until she meets their teacher, Will Munroe—the man who broke her heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Lady of the Bayou\u003c\/b\u003e by Marilyn Turk\u003cbr\u003e 1936, Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e Forced out of her comfort zone, Lily Bee Davis travels by horse or boat taking books to remote areas. When she meets little Evie and her reclusive father at a dilapidated plantation house, she is drawn by their losses and longs to draw them out into life again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Librarian and the Lawman \u003c\/b\u003e by Kathleen Y'Barbo\u003cbr\u003e 1936, Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e Lottie Trent connects with a backwoods bully's wife by secretly carrying messages for her in exchange for books. FBI agent Clayton Turnbow is on the trail of a criminal gang and discovers the packhorse librarian maybe a key member.","brand":"Barbour Publishing, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54835976175992,"sku":"9781636090252","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9351\/9316\/files\/10102574_LRG_59146b3e-6db1-4b4c-8228-653285682b67.jpg?v=1762373082","url":"https:\/\/etcevents.co.uk\/products\/the-librarians-journey","provider":"ETCEvents","version":"1.0","type":"link"}