![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It causes the skin of those affected to be blue, ranging from a deep indigo to a light, pale blue. But Cussy Mary knows that marriage for her is unlikely because she, and her father, are blues.īeing a blue was a real condition in the early 20th century, traced back to the Fugate family who experienced a genetic condition now known as methemoglobinemia. Ever since her mother died a few years earlier, Cussy Mary’s father has been anxious to see her married and “respectable.” He keeps searching for potential suitors and inviting them to their home, setting the “courting candle” for a good, long visit. ![]() She was named after Cussy, France, the place from which her great grandfather, Martin Fugate, immigrated to the U.S. She is a young, unmarried woman living with her father, who works in the coal mine along with most of the men in town. In The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michele Richardson tells two stories that have, until now, been overlooked in most fiction and history: the story of the blue people of Kentucky and the Pack Horse Librarians of the 1930s, both of whom are incredible examples of the resilience to triumph over difficult circumstances.Ĭussy Mary Carter lives near Troublesome Creek, Kentucky. ![]()
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