![]() As part of the new governmental program aimed at bringing reading material to isolated rural Kentuckians, Cussy rides a mule over treacherous terrain, delivering books and periodicals to people of limited means. Cussy would rather keep her job as a pack-horse librarian than keep house for a husband anyway. Unfortunately, with blue skin and questionable genetics, Cussy is a tough sell. ![]() Cussy lives with her widowed father, a coal miner who relentlessly attempts to marry her off. ![]() She was born with a rare genetic condition, and her skin has always been tinged an allover deep blue. One of Kentucky’s last living “Blue People” works as a traveling librarian in 1930s Appalachia.Ĭussy Mary Carter is a 19-year-old from Troublesome Creek, Kentucky. ![]()
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