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So Far From Home, The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl (Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847) by Barry Denenberg. This book is part of the Dear America series published by Scholastic Inc. Book in good used condition from nonsmoking home. Red ribbon bookmark attached to inside spine, no writing or marks in book, outside bottom back cover has very small dent. This hardcover book is fiction but written in a diary style format. Diary account of a 14 year old girls' journey from Ireland in 1847 and her work in a mill in Massachusetts. 166 numbered pages, no illustrations except for back of book which has a nonfiction section titled Life in America in 1847, starting on page 145. Good reading for junior high age and up. ISBN: 0590926675. Thank you for looking and good luck if you decide to bid