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A Day with the Book Man

A Day with the Book Man Ruby Boleyn Allen Appalachian Heritage, Volume 8, Number 3, Summer 1980, pp. 58-64 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1980.0026 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441582/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:15 GMT from JHU Libraries Final Preparations A DAY WITH THE BOOK MAN by Ruby Boleyn Allen "Of every work the silent part is best, Of all expression that which cannot be expressed." These words of William Story might well refer to the Appalachian book lovers who down through the years worked quietly, tirelessly, year by year to implant book love into the hearts and minds of Eastern Kentucky hill people. They sowed their seed and watched it take hold and grow, marveling at its harvest of undreamed-of rewards. These unsung heroes would agree with Story that the best is the silent part, mute, inexpressible. The following describes a day with one such Book Man, Everett Allen, who after graduating from Berea College in Depression years, found this "temporary" assignment at Homeplace Community Center in Perry County and stayed on for thirty-eight years to see his bookmobile work span three generations of readers. 58 Perhaps Longfellow long before had pinpointed the forces http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

A Day with the Book Man

Appalachian Review , Volume 8 (3) – Jan 8, 2014

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Ruby Boleyn Allen Appalachian Heritage, Volume 8, Number 3, Summer 1980, pp. 58-64 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1980.0026 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441582/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:15 GMT from JHU Libraries Final Preparations A DAY WITH THE BOOK MAN by Ruby Boleyn Allen "Of every work the silent part is best, Of all expression that which cannot be expressed." These words of William Story might well refer to the Appalachian book lovers who down through the years worked quietly, tirelessly, year by year to implant book love into the hearts and minds of Eastern Kentucky hill people. They sowed their seed and watched it take hold and grow, marveling at its harvest of undreamed-of rewards. These unsung heroes would agree with Story that the best is the silent part, mute, inexpressible. The following describes a day with one such Book Man, Everett Allen, who after graduating from Berea College in Depression years, found this "temporary" assignment at Homeplace Community Center in Perry County and stayed on for thirty-eight years to see his bookmobile work span three generations of readers. 58 Perhaps Longfellow long before had pinpointed the forces

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Appalachian ReviewUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 2014

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