| The Christmas of the Phonograph Records: A Recollection Contributor(s): Sandoz, Mari (Author), Hasselstrom, Linda M. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0803292422 ISBN-13: 9780803292420 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1996 Annotation: Charmingly, Mari Sandoz tells of a long-ago Christmas in western Nebraska when her father's house was filled with good music. Old Jules had ordered an Edison phonograph and boxes of cylinder records from the East, paying for them with an inheritance and ignoring debts, to the chagrin of his long-suffering wife. But the entire family soon entered into the holiday spirit as neighbors arrived to feast and dance and enjoy musical selections ranging from Lucia di Lammermoor to Casey at the Telephone. Even old enmities dissolved under the spell, for, as Old Jules said, "The music is for everybody". This story by the famous author of Old Jules was first published posthumously in December 1966. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 96017284 |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 4.22" W x 5.99" (0.09 lbs) 36 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Plains - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska - Holiday - Christmas |
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| Publisher Description: Charmingly, Mari Sandoz tells of a long-ago Christmas in western Nebraska when her father's house was filled with good music. Old Jules had ordered an Edison phonograph and boxes of cylinder records from the East, paying for them with an inheritance and ignoring debts, to the chagrin of his long-suffering wife. But the entire family soon entered into the holiday spirit as neighbors arrived to feast and dance and enjoy musical selections ranging from Lucia di Lammermoor to Casey at the Telephone. Even old enmities dissolved under the spell, for, as Old Jules said, "The music is for everybody." A classic in the tradition of Dylan Thomas's Child's Christmas in Wales and Truman Capote's Christmas Memory, this story by the famous author of Old Jules was first published posthumously in December 1966. |