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* Read ! Out Of The Black Patch (Life Writings Frontier Women) by Utah State University Press · eBook or Kindle ePUB. Out Of The Black Patch (Life Writings Frontier Women) Effie's account of Mormon missions contributes to the little-known record of Latter-day Saint attempts to establish a presence in the South.After marrying, the Carmacks moved west, eventually landing in the Arizona desert, where Effie took up painting in earnest. Effie Marquess Carmack (1885-1974) grew up in the tobacco-growing region of southern Kentucky known as the Black Patch. After the family converted to the Mormon Church, religious study and devotion became another important dimension. Th
| Title | : | Out Of The Black Patch (Life Writings Frontier Women) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.91 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874212790 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
Janet W. Hickman said Effie Carmack. Effie was an incrediable woman. Her autobiography is awesome. She lived in a great time and place and had a knack for telling abput it.. A fascinating, engaging, candid, informative autobiography. Midwest Book Review Effie Marquess Carmack (1885-1973) grew up in the tobacco-growing region of southern Kentucky known as the Black Patch. She married at an early age and, because of economic necessity and religious commitments, moved with her husband to Utah, back to Kentucky, then t
Effie's account of Mormon missions contributes to the little-known record of Latter-day Saint attempts to establish a presence in the South.After marrying, the Carmacks moved west, eventually landing in the Arizona desert, where Effie took up painting in earnest. Effie Marquess Carmack (1885-1974) grew up in the tobacco-growing region of southern Kentucky known as the Black Patch. After the family converted to the Mormon Church, religious study and devotion became another important dimension. Throughout her life, she was committed to preserving the rural, southern folkways she had experienced as a child. She and other members of her family were folk musicians, at times professionally, and she also became a folk poet and artist, teaching herself to paint. After the Carmacks later retired to Atascadero, California, Effie became a more active and public folk singer as well. She describes a wide variety of folk practices, from healing and crafts to children's games. Her art began to attract modest attention, which brought exhibits, awards, and a new career teaching others what she had taught herself. Economic necessity primarily motivated Effie and her husband's moves, but her conversion to the Mormon Church in youth also was a facto
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