Bibliograph

A Christmas sampler, classic stories of the season, from Twain to Cheever, edited by E.A. Crawford and Teresa Kennedy

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A Christmas sampler, classic stories of the season, from Twain to Cheever, edited by E.A. Crawford and Teresa Kennedy

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A Christmas sampler

Oclc number

25787350

Responsibility statement

edited by E.A. Crawford and Teresa Kennedy

Sub title

classic stories of the season, from Twain to Cheever

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Timothy S. Healy -- Christmas thoughts / Washington Irving -- How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar / Bret Harte -- Christmas with Lewis and Clark / Meriwether Lewis and William Clark -- Mrs. Parkins' Christmas eve / Sarah Orne Jewett -- Susie's letter from Santa / Mark Twain -- Thurlow's Christmas story / John Kendrick Bangs -- New relations and duties (excerpt) / Frederick Douglass -- The burglar's Christmas / Willa Cather -- Christmas every day / William Dean Howells -- Compliments of the season / O. Henry -- Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus / Francis P. Church -- The twelfth guest / Mary Wilkins Freeman --How Claus made the first toy / L. Frank Baum -- No room at the inn / Edna Ferber -- One Christmas eve / Langston Hughes -- The worst Christmas story / Christopher Morley -- The snow too deep / Oliver La Farge -- Merry Christmas, Marge! / Alice Childress -- The three wise guys / Damon Runyan -- Strange story of a traveler to Bethlehem / John Evans -- A Christmas carillon / Hortense Calisher -- The loudest voice / Grace Paley -- Oh, Joseph, I'm so tired / Richard Yeats -- Christmas for Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo / Ntozake Shange -- Christmas is a sad season for the poor / John Cheever -- Drawing names / Bobbie Ann Mason

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