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"American Christmases: Firsthand Accounts of Holiday Happenings from Early Days to Modern Times" by Joanne Martell, Publisher: John F Blair, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. First Edition signed by the author on the title page, 2005.
Dust jacket with unclipped price of $24.95 on the front flap, hard boardshard boards, dark-green cloth spine, gold lettering on spine, 7.1/2” x 7.1/2”; 319 pages including Index, fine condition.
By reading these 250 entries, you'll see how the role of Santa Claus has changed through the centuries, how the Christmas tree became a symbol of the season, and how America's celebration of Christmas has evolved over 400 years.
From Captain John Smith's description of his visit to a native village in 1608 to Major Carrie Acree's letter from Iraq in 2004, American Christmases offers firsthand impressions of the Christmas season as told in letters, journals, memoirs, newspaper articles, poems, songs, and advertisements.
Passages from well-known people include Daniel Boone describing his Christmas as an Indian captive in 1769; George Washington begging for congressional assistance for his starving Continental Army troops at Christmas in 1777; F. W. Woolworth conveying how he guessed wrong about the popularity of German Christmas tree ornaments; Helen Keller experiencing her first Christmas with teacher Anne Sullivan in 1887; Edith Wharton writing about a 1905 Christmas party at George Vanderbilt's North Carolina estate; and Secret Service agent Edmund Starling telling about President Woodrow Wilson's secret Christmas honeymoon. However, some of the most moving entries come from ordinary people.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) --------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c 2-6 weeks) -- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c 2-7 weeks) --- $42.50
Dust jacket with unclipped price of $24.95 on the front flap, hard boardshard boards, dark-green cloth spine, gold lettering on spine, 7.1/2” x 7.1/2”; 319 pages including Index, fine condition.
By reading these 250 entries, you'll see how the role of Santa Claus has changed through the centuries, how the Christmas tree became a symbol of the season, and how America's celebration of Christmas has evolved over 400 years.
From Captain John Smith's description of his visit to a native village in 1608 to Major Carrie Acree's letter from Iraq in 2004, American Christmases offers firsthand impressions of the Christmas season as told in letters, journals, memoirs, newspaper articles, poems, songs, and advertisements.
Passages from well-known people include Daniel Boone describing his Christmas as an Indian captive in 1769; George Washington begging for congressional assistance for his starving Continental Army troops at Christmas in 1777; F. W. Woolworth conveying how he guessed wrong about the popularity of German Christmas tree ornaments; Helen Keller experiencing her first Christmas with teacher Anne Sullivan in 1887; Edith Wharton writing about a 1905 Christmas party at George Vanderbilt's North Carolina estate; and Secret Service agent Edmund Starling telling about President Woodrow Wilson's secret Christmas honeymoon. However, some of the most moving entries come from ordinary people.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) --------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c 2-6 weeks) -- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c 2-7 weeks) --- $42.50
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Joanne Martell, American Christmases, Signed 1stEd. 2005, illustrated
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