Let D := {z ? C : |z| < 1} be the open unit disk, and h and 1 be two analytic
functions in D. Suppose that f = h + ?g is a harmonic mapping in D with the
usual normalization h(0) = 0 = g(0) and h'(0) = 1. In this paper, we
consider harmonic mappings f by restricting its analytic part to a family of
functions convex in one direction and, in particular, starlike. Some sharp
and optimal estimates for coefficient bounds, growth, covering and area bounds
are investigated for the class of functions under consideration. Also, we
obtain optimal radii of fully convexity, fully starlikeness, uniformly
convexity, and uniformly starlikeness of functions belonging to those
family.