This Bookrider is near Booneville, Owsley County in 1936. 1934-1943 WPA project to distribute books in eastern Kentucky on horseback.
My story is Beware the Blue Lady, part of a Bookriders anthology.
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The Lone Bookrider!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bookrider on June 9, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Bookriders were Scrapbook Riders, too!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bookrider on June 9, 2019| Leave a Comment »
This lady is making a scrapbook of news items for distribution by Bookriders. 1934-1943 WPA project to distribute books (and scrapbooks) in eastern Kentucky on horseback.
My story is Beware the Blue Lady, part of a Bookriders anthology.
Packing the saddlebags!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bookrider on May 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
With rare exceptions, Bookriders were women. Here a man wearing riding boots is helping pack the saddlebags. Bookrider? 1934-1943 WPA project to distribute books in eastern Kentucky on horseback.
My story is Beware the Blue Lady, part of a Bookriders anthology.
Bookrider in the mountains!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bookrider on May 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Given the mountainside log cabin with no windows, it is hard to believe this is likely from a 1934-1943 WPA project to distribute books in eastern Kentucky on horseback.
My story is Beware the Blue Lady, part of a Bookriders anthology.
SHE BROKE THE LAW FOR 180 DAYS!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bookrider on April 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Nan “Two-Gun” Aspinwall (1880-1964) was a performer for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. In 1910, she rode her Thoroughbred mare, Lady Ellen, from San Francisco to New York, the first woman to do so. The 4496-mile trip took 180 days in the saddle.
I found this while researching for my story, Beware the Blue Lady, a story about the Bookriders. Nan Aspinwall rode wearing a split skirt and pants, which was against the law in 1910. Thirty years later, lady Bookriders wore the same attire. To my knowledge, their attire was legal.
Here comes the cavalry!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bookrider on March 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Bookriders 1934-1943 WPA project to distribute books in eastern Kentucky on horseback. These 8 women (ca. 1938) are ready to head into the hills with books. Some are riding mules, which are sure-footed on rugged terrain. I believe this is Hyden, Kentucky.
My story is Beware the Blue Lady, part of a Bookriders anthology.
What a real librarian looks like
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bookrider on March 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Bookriders 1934-1943 WPA project to distribute books in eastern Kentucky on horseback. This Bookrider is handing a book to the other woman. (ca. 1940) County is unknown.My dad spent the summer in hinterlands of Cumberland County Kentucky in 1940 when he was a kid. I wonder if he met a Bookrider. I will likely never know.
My story is Beware the Blue Lady, part of a Bookriders anthology.
