Kemi

by Mary Buff, Conrad Buff

90 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1966

About the author

Mary Buff, formerly known as Mary Marsh, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 10, 1890. Mary had an early interest in arts and poetry but only continued to study art. She studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and at the Cincinnati Art Academy and received her bachelor's degree in Kansas at Bethany College. Mary then lived in Albion, Idaho and in the 1920s settled in Los Angeles. In 1922 she married Conrad Buff. Mary was the assistant curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her income was large enough to allow her husband, Conrad Buff, to paint full-time. After marrying Conrad Buff, Mary gave up her pursuit of painting to write children`s books with him. She died in 1970.

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of how I came to read this book is curious. I forgot my book at home yesterday (*gasp*) leaving me nothing to read at lunch! Sadly I settled into lunch without a book, and then I thought of it...here I am in an elementary school...there are books here! And so I found Kemi, published in 1966, non-existent on goodreads (until I added it myself yesterday), and I read it and it was good historical fiction. The book had a big "discard" stamp inside the cover, so I decided to try it. Kemi was well written, creative and informative. I doubt you'd have an easy time finding this book on purpose, but if you happen to come across it in your travels, I say read it!