About Elizabeth Laura Adams
Lived 1909 – 1982 (aged 72–73). Elizabeth Laura Adams was an American writer.
Elizabeth Laura Adams (1909–1982) was an African-American Catholic writer, best known for her autobiography Dark Symphony.
Early life Elizabeth Laura Adams was born in Santa Barbara, California on February 9, 1909 to Lula Josphine and Daniel Adams, Adams grew up in the Depression era. After her father's death, Adams converted to Catholicism.
Reception Reception of Dark Symphony was very good, with it being a bestseller among Catholics.
Works Consecrated (1936) The Country Doctor (1942) The Art of Living Joyfully (1942) Dark Symphony (1942) Children under Fire (1943)
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