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A Christmas sampler : classic stories of the season, from Twain to Cheever / - 1st ed. - New York : Hyperion, �1992. - viii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"From the collections of the New York Public Library."

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

Presents a collecion of Christmas stories by American authors.

ISBN: 1562829335 9781562829339

LCCN: 92015943

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christmas stories, American.
Christmas stories.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Short stories.

LC Class. No.: PS648.C45 / C457 1992

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.010833