Argye Mary Briggs (born 1908 — died 1995) was an American

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who wrote about the lives of ordinary people in the prairies of the American

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. After living most of her life in

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, she died on April 17, 1995, in

Waco, Texas Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the ...

, at the age of 86.

Works

* ''Root Out of Dry Ground'' (1948) Winner of the

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Fiction Award. * ''This, My Brother'' (1950) * ''Hem of His Garment'' (1951) * ''Harp in the Cave'' (1954) A book of children's stories. * ''Both Banks of the River'' (1954) A fictionalized biography of Chief Journeycake of the

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. * ''All Other Ground'' (1956) * ''A Question Once Asked'' (1956) A History of Woman's Missionary Union, Auxiliary to the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. * ''Christ and the Modern Woman'' (1958)

References

1995 deaths 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers Christian novelists Writers from Waco, Texas American women novelists 1908 births {{US-novelist-1900s-stub