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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jessica Nelson North (September 7, 1891 - June 3, 1988) was an American author, poet and editor. Jessica Nelson North was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the daughter of David Willard North and Sarah Elizabeth Elizabeth (Nelson) North. She grew up on the shore of Lake Koshkonong near to what later became St. Joseph's College in the vicinity of Edgerton, Wisconsin. She was the older sister of Sterling North, author of Rascal and many other children's books. Jessica Nelson North is one of the major characters portrayed her brother's well-known book, which was set when she was 25. Jessica and Sterling's family home (the setting of Rascal) in Edgerton was restored to its 1917 setting and is open as a museum. Sterling North recalled (in Rascal, Chapter 2) that Both sisters had taken tender care of me after Mother died, Jessica in particular postponing her career and marriage. Jessica's grandparents, James Hervey Nelson and Sarah Orelup Nelson, were Wisconsin pioneers. In 1917, which would have been her grandfather James Hervey Nelson's 100th birthday, several of North's uncles wrote extended biographies about their parents and their pioneer farm life.

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