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Mabel Henderson only uses the bookmobile these days.

"I used to go to the main library once in a while, but, now I only drive where I have to," she says.

Mabel, who will be 97 this month, says she has come to the bookmobile ever since she moved to Topeka following retirement.

Mabel's youthful face and demure manner belie her age and her business-oriented past. A farm girl from the small  community of Corning, Kansas, Mabel attended the Strickler Business College in...

(Note: The following is written by one of the “Urban Legends” program presenters from the Bookmobile Department. Therefore the contents may, or may not, actually be true.)

The “Wild West Age”:

As we all know - April showers bring mayflowers. And what do mayflowers bring? Pilgrims, of course. And books - but not that many. And most of these were later used as fuel for the witch burnings that came along soon after. So, during the earlier colonial days of this country there...

(Note: The following is written by one of the “Urban Legends” program presenters from the Bookmobile Department. Therefore the contents may, or may not, actually be true.)

The “Chariot Age”:

After the stone-tablet-mobile, the next “evolution” of the bookmobile (and this is just a “theory” mind you) was the Scroll-mobile. Having domesticated draft animals (e.g. the horse) and inventing rudimentary forms of paper, this incarnation was far easier to operate - and as we all...

(Note: The following is written by one of the “Urban Legends” program presenters from the Bookmobile Department. Therefore the contents may, or may not, actually be true.)

The earliest archeological evidence concerning bookmobiles was discovered near the almost complete skeletal remains of a dreaded Thesaurus Rex - along with petrified pieces of its favorite food: synonym rolls (I know - it’s an old joke. But we are talking history here). To continue - the earliest...

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