Amy Utter's Journeys: TB and Other Tragedies in Rural America's Heartland - Softcover

Edwards Jr, Fred L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074143525X ISBN 13: 9780741435255

Publisher: Infinity Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Amy Utter's Journeys: TB and Other Tragedies in Rural America's Heartland chronicles a young woman, devastated by a broken marriage in 1924, who searches for "Fun, with a capital 'F,'" yet embraces her Christian fundamentalist beliefs along with her "Romeos." Then comes the "Great White Plague" - tuberculosis. In a Missouri sanatorium she balances faith in her God with trust in 1930 medical science, until the end. The book, taken from her diaries, provides a striking background of the rural heartland of more than 75 years ago, and includes genealogical references to generations of Utter ancestors and descendants.

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About the Author

The author has written professionally for 20 years as a general news reporter, public relations director, contributing editor, chief editorial writer, news bureau chief, journalist and a columnist. He has been published in more than two dozen magazines, and has written newsletters for three national commercial firms. As Senior Associate Editor of Armed Forces News from 2000-2006, he wrote the news for that weekly publication. He assists his wife, Wilma Pauline Utter Edwards, in researching and analyzing her genealogical database. Amy Utter's Journeys: TB and Other Tragedies in Rural America's Heartland, is Fred's sixth book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Infinity Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074143525X
• ISBN 13: 9780741435255
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232