Out of the Black Patch : : the autobiography of Effie Marquess Carmack, folk musician, artist, and writer / / edited by Noel A. Carmack and Karen Lynn Davidson.
Effie Marquess Carmack (1885-1974) grew up in the tobacco-growing region of southern Kentucky known as the Black Patch. As an adult she moved to Utah, back to Kentucky, to Arizona, and finally to California. Economic necessity primarily motivated Effie and her husband's moves, but her conve...
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| Superior document: | Life Writings Frontier Women |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan, Utah : : Utah State University Press,, 1999. ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Life Writings Frontier Women
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (398 pages) :; illustrations |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Effie Marquess Carmack (1885-1974) grew up in the tobacco-growing region of southern Kentucky known as the Black Patch. As an adult she moved to Utah, back to Kentucky, to Arizona, and finally to California. Economic necessity primarily motivated Effie and her husband's moves, but her conversion to the Mormon Church in youth also was a factor. 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 |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 087421355X 058525947X |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Noel A. Carmack and Karen Lynn Davidson. |