Mormon Healer Folk Poet: Mary Susannah Fowler's Life of 'Unselfish Usefulness' (Paperback)

~ Margaret Brady (Author)

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Mary Susannah Sumner Fackrell Fowler, 1862-1920, lived in the village of Orderville, Utah which was named for the Mormon communitarian system practiced there. She married Henry Ammon Fowler in 1880 and moved in 1888 to Huntington, Utah. They had eight children, and Henry took a second wife, becoming a polygamist. Mary was not well known outside her community, but she led a remarkable life of selfless service.

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Margaret K. Brady is a folklorist and brings to this reconstruction an eclectic, interdisciplinary approach. Drawing on relexive ethnography, Brady emphasizes her own involvement with her subject and with the multilpe discourses that, in combination, give her access to Mary Fowler's identity.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Utah State University Press; 1 edition (November 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874214009
• ISBN-13: 978-0874214000
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #157,880 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding ethnographic biography of a fascinating women, March 6, 2001

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Mary Susannah Sumner Fackrell Fowler (1862-1920) lived in the village of Orderville, Utah. She married Henry Ammon Fowler in 1880 and moved in 1888 to Huntington, Utah. They had eight children, and Henry took a second wife, becoming a Mormon polygamist. Mary was not well know outside her community, but she led a remarkable life of selfless service. With Mormon Healer And Folk Poet: Mary Susannah Fowler's Life Of "Unselfish Usefulness", folklorist Margaret Brady presents a fascinating and informative biography constructed through Mary's poetry, diary, essays, her husband's journals, a grandson's biography of her, records of organizations in which she was active, and oral narratives passed down through her descendants. Mormon Healer And Folk Poet is an outstanding ethnographic biography of a fascinating women and her Mormon heritage.