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                            Introduction
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Julia McNair Wright ( McNair; May 1, 1840 - September 2, 1903) was an
American writer. She published numerous temperance and anti-Catholic
stories, among which were 'Almost a Nun'; 'Priest and Nun'; 'The
Gospel in the Riviera'; 'The Heir of Athole', 'Scenes of the Convent';
'A Wife Hard Won'; 'A Million Too Much'; 'The Complete Home'; 'Bricks
from Babel'; as well as scientific stories entitled, 'The Sun and His
Family'; 'The Story of Plant Life'; 'The Nature Readers, Seaside and
Wayside'. 'The Complete Home' sold over 100,000 copies.


                      Early life and education
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Julia McNair was born in Oswego, New York, May 1, 1840. She was the
daughter of John McNair, a civil engineer of Scotch descent. She was
educated in private schools and seminaries.


                               Career
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Wright began her literary career at age sixteen by the publication of
short stories. Her published works include 'Almost a Nun' (1867);
'Priest and Nun' (1869); 'Jug-or-Not' (1870); 'Saints and Sinners'
(1873); 'The Early Church in Britain' (1874); 'Bricks from Babel', a
manual of ethnography (1876); 'The Complete Home' (1879); 'A Wife Hard
Won', a novel (1882).

Julia McNair Wright's 'The Field Of Fortune' or 'Practical Life' is a
626 page tutorial on the value of Common Sense in all of life's
pursuits. The volume's themes are presented by a newcomer visiting the
general store/post office in Arcadia, a fictional American town. 'The
Stranger' expounds on the value of dedication, hard work and familial
love, addressing small groups of the town's elders as well as the
young folk, with questions asked, answers offered, and
comments/retorts welcomed and discussed.

She also produced the four-volume series 'The Nature Readers'
(1887-91). Her works were popular. Most of her stories were
republished in Europe, in various languages, and several of them
appeared in Arabic. Wright never had a book that was a financial
failure; all did well. 'The Complete Home' sold over 100,000 copies,
and others reached ten, twenty, thirty and fifty thousand. Since the
organization of the National Temperance Society, she was one of its
most earnest workers and most popular authors. She wrote on
historical, nature, ethnographical, theological, and biblical
subjects.

She was the main author of 'Ladies' Home Cook Book: A Complete Cook
Book and Manual of Household Duties... Compiled by Julia Mac Nair
Wright, et al.' (532 pages).


                           Personal life
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In 1859, Wright married Rev. Dr. William James Wright, a
mathematician. She had two children. Her son was a businessman; her
daughter, Mrs. J. Wright Whitcomb, a member of the Kansas bar, was an
author.

Wright died on September 2, 1903, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or
Fulton, Missouri.


                           Selected works
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* 'George Miller and his mother', 1860
* 'Mary Reed', 1861
* 'Blind Annie Lorimer', 1863
* 'Life and light, or, Every-day religion', 1863
* 'Biddy Malone : or, The bundle of silk', 1863
* 'Nannie Barton', 1864
* 'The cap-makers', 1864
* 'The little Norwegian, and the young wood-cutter : true stories'
1865
* 'New York Ned, or, Wreck and refuge', 1865
* 'The path and the lamp' 1865
* 'The convict's family', 1865
* 'Malcom's cottage and Malcom's friend', 1867
* 'Old Michael and his little friend', 1867
* 'The golden heart', 1867
* 'Mabel and Tura of the Southwest : a tale', 1867
* 'Shoe-binders of New York, or, The fields white to the harvest',
1867
* 'The New York needle-woman, or, Elsie's stars', 1868
* 'The golden fruit', 1868
* 'The Golden life', 1867
* 'New York needle-woman, or, Elsie's stars', 1868
* 'Richard Knill', 1869
* 'The Ohio ark; and where it floated', 1869
* 'The story of a tinker', 1869
* 'The New York Bible-woman', 1869
* 'Henry Martyn', 1869
* 'The little king', 1869
* 'Three seats full', 1869
* 'The Indian's friend', 1869
* 'Our class', 1869
* 'Story of a prophet', 1869
* 'Tom Scott', 1869
* 'Brave Max', 1869
* 'Good Louise', 1869
* 'Henry Martyn', 1869
* 'Priest and nun', 1869
* 'John Huss', 1870
*'Melanchthon', 1870
* 'A million too much, a temperance tale', 1871
* 'A made man : a sequel to "The story of Rasmus; or, the making of a
man" ...'
* 'Patriot and Tory: One Hundred Years Ago,' 1876
* 'A plain woman's story', 1890


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