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Also Known As Harriette Louisa Simpson
Born July 7, 1908 • Kentucky
Died March 22, 1986 (aged 77) • Ann Arbor • Michigan
Notable Works “Between the Flowers” • “Flowering of the Cumberland” • “Hunter’s Horn” • “Seedtime on the Cumberland” • “The Dollmaker” • “The Kentucky Trace”
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