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American Christmas Stories

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American Christmas Stories

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Library of America and Connie Willis present 150 years of diverse, ingenious, and uniquely American Christmas stories Christmas took on its modern cast in America, and over the last 150 years the most magical time of the year has inspired scores of astonishingly diverse and ingenious stories. Library of America joins with acclaimed author Connie Willis to present a unparalleled collection of American stories about Christmas, literary gems that showcase how the holiday became one of the signature aspects of our culture. Spanning from the origins of the American tradition of holiday storytelling in the wake of the Civil War to today, this is the biggest and best anthology of American Christmas stories ever assembled. From ghost stories to the genres of crime, science fiction, fantasy, westerns, humor, and horror, stories of Christmas morning, gifts, wise men, nativities, family, commercialism, and dinners from New York to Texas to outer space, this anthology reveals the evolution of Christmas in America-as well as the surprising ways in which it has remained the same.
Product details
Number of Pages:
467
Release Date:
2021-10-26
Publication Date:
2021-10-26
Publisher:
Library of America
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1598537067
ISBN13:
9781598537062
Weight:
796 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
37 cm
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