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The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781493049158)
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xThe true story of John Duval Gluck, Jr., who in 1913 founded the Santa Claus Association, which had the sole authority to answer Santa's mail in New York City. He made the myth of Santa a reality to poor children, until a crusading charity commissioner exposed Gluck as a fraud.
Author: Alex Palmer
ISBN-10: 1493049151
ISBN-13: 9781493049158
Publisher: Lyons Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2020
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.90d
Author: Alex Palmer
ISBN-10: 1493049151
ISBN-13: 9781493049158
Publisher: Lyons Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2020
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.90d
By Alex Palmer
xAlex Palmer is freelance writer and researcher who curated an exhibit on the Santa Claus Association for Brooklyn's City Reliquary in December 2012. It received wide press attention and was the subject of a major holiday feature for WNYC. He is the author of two previous books: Weird-o-Pedia (Skyhorse, 2012), for which he researched hundreds of unusual facts about everyday things from Donuts to Dogs and which has sold more than 10,000 copies to date, with special distribution in Urban Outfitters and elsewhere; and Literary Miscellany (Skyhorse, 2010), which offers a breezy and entertaining survey of the history of literature. His writing has appeared in the NY Daily News, USA Today, The New York Post, Publishers Weekly, and many other outlets. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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