This memoir features the rollicking life and times of the grande dame of Oakland, Florida, Grace Mather-Smith relates her experiences—from growing up in the frontier town of Denver, to studying voice in the big city of Chicago, to pioneering in the backwoods of Florida where she raised her family and shook up the community.
This memoir features the rollicking life and times of the grande dame of Oakland, Florida, Grace Mather-Smith relates her experiences—from growing up in the frontier town of Denver, to studying voice in the big city of Chicago, to pioneering in the backwoods of Florida where she raised her family and shook up the community.
Grace Mather-Smith was born in Denver in 1884 and died in rural Oakland, Florida, in 1961. In between, she was a devoted wife and mother, pioneer, community organizer, opera singer, midwife, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Russell P. Kelley. III was born and raised in Palm Beach, Florida. After a career as an international business lawyer that took him around the world, he returned to live in Palm Beach where he has enjoyed rediscovering Florida and the memoir written by his great-grandmother.
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List of Figures Preface by the Editor Acknowledgments Note from the Editor Introduction Arriving in OaklandPioneer AncestorsDenverChicagoPioneering in OaklandWeighty MattersBack to OaklandEdgegrove FarmsFamily Trip to EuropeCarmenTrip Back WestCivic ImprovementsFlowers, Fruits and FriendsTales and Tall TalesFirst and Second MarriagesHawaiiWidowhoodLast ThoughtsEpilogue Afterword by the Editor Appendix - Mather-Smith Family About the Editor
List of Figures Preface by the Editor Acknowledgments Note from the Editor Introduction Arriving in OaklandPioneer AncestorsDenverChicagoPioneering in OaklandWeighty MattersBack to OaklandEdgegrove FarmsFamily Trip to EuropeCarmenTrip Back WestCivic ImprovementsFlowers, Fruits and FriendsTales and Tall TalesFirst and Second MarriagesHawaiiWidowhoodLast ThoughtsEpilogue Afterword by the Editor Appendix - Mather-Smith Family About the Editor
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