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Patricia Barker Lerch Author

Priscilla Freeman Jacobs is a pastor, great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, and wife. She lives with her family in North Carolina, USA. Patricia Barker Lerch received a PhD from the Ohio State University, USA in 1978. Lerch is a professor of cultural anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, USA. She is the author of several books, including Waccamaw Legacy: Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival, and many articles.