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Title: A Nostalgic Glimpse of the Past
Review: My dad grew up in Covington, TN, where this book is set, and while he came along a few decades later, he knew some of the characters as adults. But even without that connection, I would have loved this book. Written more than a century ago, it is untarnished by the political correctness of the last 100 years. The reader gets a true glimpse of what small-town life was like in the early 1900's. The author didn't have children of her own, but was a teacher for many years and truly captures the essence of childhood in this book. It is written phonetically, the way the characters would have spoken, but rather than being a distraction, this adds to its charm. While she uses the "N" word (in dialogue) quite a bit to refer to black people, those characters are portrayed in such a way that you fall in love with them as much as you do with the white children. I highly recommend this book, both for entertainment and to get a glimpse of history as it really was.
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