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Amy Utter's Journeys: TB and Other Tragedies in Rural America's Heartland
Amy Utter's Journeys TB and Other Tragedies in Rural America's Heartland Author:Fred Edwards 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 balanc... more »es 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.« less