Melissa Mather

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Melissa Mather


Born
November 12, 1917

Died
December 12, 2014


Melissa Mather Ambros, was an author and documented her families' story of moving to rural Vermont, in her gripping memoir called the “Rough Road Home”. They became homesteaders and raised cows for milk, cultivated beautiful gardens and grew some infamous potatoes! Excerpts from her book were featured in a series of Saturday Evening Post articles in 1958.

She was born Nov. 12, 1917, in Chicago, to Arlisle Mather Brown, an English teacher, and Alfred Bruce Brown, an electrical engineer. She launched an exceptional academic career in Montclair, N.J., where she and her sister, Mary, and brothers Bruce and Ted enjoyed an idyllic childhood. She graduated from high school at 15 and pursued a degree in English literature at Oberlin College, from wh
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Average rating: 4.02 · 107 ratings · 22 reviews · 14 distinct worksSimilar authors
One Summer in Between

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Rough Road Home

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Emelie

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Creating Elegant Interiors:...

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