All the days of my life : an autobiography : the red leaves of a human heart

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All the days of my life : an autobiography : the red leaves of a human heart

Title remainder

an autobiography : the red leaves of a human heart

Statement of responsibility

by Amelia E. Barr

Creator

• Barr, Amelia E., 1831-1919

Contributor

• A. C. Greene Library
• Southwestern Writers Collection
• Greene Megaw, Meredith,

Subject

• Barr, Amelia E, 1831-1919
• Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography
• Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"During the ten years in which Austin was their home, Amelia Barr took an active part in the social life of the frontier capital and wrote in her diary vivid pictures of many Texans and local events and scenes. In 1914 much of this material appeared in her autobiography, All the Days of My Life! Her accounts included women, Sam Houston, Indians who visited the capital, and local affairs concerning the Civil War. Though she did not show it outwardly, Amelia Barr was a mystic and deeply religious. Her life was governed by intuitions and prophetic dreams, many of which she related in striking detail. In 1866 the family moved to Galveston, where Barr had found new employment. In the yellow fever scourge of the next year, Barr and three sons died, leaving Mrs. Barr and three daughters. For a while she operated a boardinghouse on Tremont Street, but when this venture failed she went to New York"--Tshaonline.org

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

UAB

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction