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American Christmas stories
Publisher
Library of America
Publication Date
©2021
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar / Bret Harte
Kate's Choice / Louisa May Alcott
A letter from Santa Claus / Mark Twain
Found after thirty-five years-Lucy Marshall's letter / J. B. Moore Bristor
From the garden of a friend / Mary Agnes Tincker
Christmas every day / William Dean Howells
Thurlow's Christmas story / John Kendrick Bangs
Klondike Christmas / Jack London
A little pilgrim / Stephen Crane
An old-time Christmas / Paul Laurence Dunbar
General Washington / Pauline E. Hopkins
The kid hangs up his stocking / Jacob Riis
The set of Poe / George Ade
A chaparral Christmas gift / O. Henry
According to Solomon / Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The picture puzzle / Edward Lucas White
A Christmas party that prevented a split in the church / Margaret Black
The Christmas magazines : and the inevitable story of the snowbound train / Dorothy Parker
Christmas afternoon / Robert Benchley
The sermon in the cradle / W.E.B. Du Bois
Holiday thoughts / Ben Hecht
Bethlehem, Dec. 25 / Heywood Broun
The tree that didn't get trimmed / Christopher Morley
A criminal's Christmas / Sherwood Anderson
A visit from Saint Nicholas / James Thurber
One Christmas Eve / Langston Hughes
The three wise guys / Damon Runyon
Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and the magi / Leo Rosten
Santa Claus in a white man / John Henrik Clarke
Back for Christmas / John Collier
No room at the inn / Edna Ferber
Two people he never saw / John McNulty
The butler's Christmas Eve / Mary Roberts Rinehart
A Christmas story / Katherine Anne Porter
"Santa Clo" comes to La Cuchilla / Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
The gift / Ray Bradbury
Christmas trombone / Raymond E. Banks
The wild wood / Mildred Clingerman
From Raising Demons / Shirley Jackson
The loudest voice / Grace Paley
The Christmas of the phonograph records / Mari Sandoz
The big rock candy figgy pudding pitfall / Joan Didion
The carol sing / John Updike
The night before Christmas / Tomás Rivera
The Santa Claus compromise / Thomas M. Disch
The Christmas kid / Pete Hamill
The war beneath the tree / Gene Wolfe
Track of a legend / Cynthia Felice
And all through the house / Ed McBain
The impossible snowsuit of Christmas past / George V. Higgins
The H Street sledding record / Ron Carlson
Buzz / Steve Rasnic Tem
Fish cheeks / Amy Tan
Checkup / Ann Petry
Three wise guys / Sandra Cisneros
Inn / Connie Willis
Ixchel's tears / José R. Nieto
Reb Kringle / Nathan Englander
A young candy daughter / Nalo Hopkinson.
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Contributors
Ade, George,1866-1944
Alcott, Louisa May,1832-1888
Anderson, Sherwood,1876-1941
Bangs, John Kendrick,1862-1922
Banks, Raymond E
Alcott, Louisa May,1832-1888
Anderson, Sherwood,1876-1941
Bangs, John Kendrick,1862-1922
Banks, Raymond E
Benchley, Robert,1889-1945
Bradbury, Ray,1920-2012
Bristor, J. B. Moore
Broun, Heywood,1888-1939
Carlson, Ron
Cisneros, Sandra
Clarke, John Henrik,1915-1998
Clingerman, Mildred,1918-1997
Collier, John,1901-1980
Crane, Stephen,1871-1900
Didion, Joan
Disch, Thomas M
Du Bois, W. E. B.1868-1963
Dunbar, Paul Laurence,1872-1906
Díaz Alfaro, Abelardo Milton,1916-1999
Englander, Nathan
Felice, Cynthia
Ferber, Edna,1887-1968
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins,1860-1935
Hamill, Pete,1935
Harte, Bret,1836-1902
Hecht, Ben,1894-1964
Higgins, George V.,1939-1999
Hopkins, Pauline E
Hopkinson, Nalo
Howells, William Dean,1837-1920
Hughes, Langston,1902-1967
Jackson, Shirley,1916-1965
London, Jack,1876-1916
McBain, Ed,1926-2005
McNulty, John,1895-1956
Morley, Christopher,1890-1957
Nieto, Jose R
O, Henry
Paley, Grace
Parker, Dorothy,1893-1967
Petry, Ann,1908-1997
Porter, Katherine Anne,1890-1980
Potter, Margaret Horton,1881-1911
Riis, Jacob A.1849-1914
Rinehart, Mary Roberts,1876-1958
Rivera, Tomás,1935-1984
Rosten, Leo,1908-1997
Runyon, Damon,1880-1946
Sandoz, Mari,1896-1966
Tan, Amy
Tem, Steve Rasnic,1950
Thurber, James,1894-1961
Tincker, Mary Agnes,1831-1907
Twain, Mark,1835-1910
Updike, John
White, Edward Lucas,1866-1934
Willis, Connie editor
Wolfe, Gene
Bradbury, Ray,1920-2012
Bristor, J. B. Moore
Broun, Heywood,1888-1939
Carlson, Ron
Cisneros, Sandra
Clarke, John Henrik,1915-1998
Clingerman, Mildred,1918-1997
Collier, John,1901-1980
Crane, Stephen,1871-1900
Didion, Joan
Disch, Thomas M
Du Bois, W. E. B.1868-1963
Dunbar, Paul Laurence,1872-1906
Díaz Alfaro, Abelardo Milton,1916-1999
Englander, Nathan
Felice, Cynthia
Ferber, Edna,1887-1968
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins,1860-1935
Hamill, Pete,1935
Harte, Bret,1836-1902
Hecht, Ben,1894-1964
Higgins, George V.,1939-1999
Hopkins, Pauline E
Hopkinson, Nalo
Howells, William Dean,1837-1920
Hughes, Langston,1902-1967
Jackson, Shirley,1916-1965
London, Jack,1876-1916
McBain, Ed,1926-2005
McNulty, John,1895-1956
Morley, Christopher,1890-1957
Nieto, Jose R
O, Henry
Paley, Grace
Parker, Dorothy,1893-1967
Petry, Ann,1908-1997
Porter, Katherine Anne,1890-1980
Potter, Margaret Horton,1881-1911
Riis, Jacob A.1849-1914
Rinehart, Mary Roberts,1876-1958
Rivera, Tomás,1935-1984
Rosten, Leo,1908-1997
Runyon, Damon,1880-1946
Sandoz, Mari,1896-1966
Tan, Amy
Tem, Steve Rasnic,1950
Thurber, James,1894-1961
Tincker, Mary Agnes,1831-1907
Twain, Mark,1835-1910
Updike, John
White, Edward Lucas,1866-1934
Willis, Connie editor
Wolfe, Gene
ISBN
9781598537062
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