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"This is a pretty quick read, and quaint in its own way. It had potential but I can't help but feel that it ended at the point where it should have started."

--Audrey

"This book written through the eyes of a young girl in Iowa, early 20th century is a snapshot of small town life in the midwest. The story is only half of the fun of reading the book. Bissell's collection of illustrations from old magazines and catalogues is equally worth looking at whether the story is read or not. A great gift for the young and the young at heart. Enjoy!" "

--Cindy B

Julia Harrington

Richard Bissell

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Although fiction, Julia Harrington in a strange and wonderful way is more real than recorded history. Julia is aged twelve-going-on-thirteen in the year 1913. She tells her own story through her memories, impressions, heart and mind and in her own special language, direct, honest, and perceptive.

In a larger sense Julia Harrington is one year in the life of a small town — Winnebago, Iowa — as seen by a schoolgirl a century ago — one year of life in rustic America during those innocent and tranquil times, when the only possible unpleasantness was the rumblings of war in far-off Europe.

Richard Bissell knows America and her people. In Julia Harrington he breathes life into a bygone era not only by telling it as it was but revealing it with illustrations reproduced from original advertisements, mail-order catalogs, and other period pieces. The result is a delight to read, a delight to look at — truly a book for all ages.

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