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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 (Hardcover)
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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 (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 4 990
You Save R51 (9%)
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Before the charismatic John Duval Gluck, Jr. came along, letters
from New York City children to Santa Claus were destroyed,
unopened, by the U.S. Post Office. Gluck saw an opportunity, and
created the Santa Claus Association. The effort delighted the
public, and for 15 years money and gifts flowed to the only group
authorized to answer Santa's mail. Gluck became a Jazz Age
celebrity, rubbing shoulders with the era's movie stars and
politicians, and even planned to erect a vast Santa Claus monument
in the center of Manhattan - until Gotham's crusading charity
commissioner discovered some dark secrets in Santa's workshop. The
rise and fall of the Santa Claus Association is a caper both
heartwarming and hardboiled, involving stolen art, phony Boy
Scouts, a kidnapping, pursuit by the FBI, a Coney Island bullfight,
and above all, the thrills and dangers of a wild imagination. It's
also the larger story of how Christmas became the extravagant
holiday we celebrate today, from Santa's early beginnings in New
York to the country's first citywide Christmas tree and Macy's
first grand holiday parade. The Santa Claus Man is a holiday tale
with a dark underbelly, and an essential read for lovers of
Christmas stories, true crime, and New York City history.
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