THE FIRST CHRISTMAS OF NEW ENGLAND (2002 EDITION)

Stowe, Harriet

ISBN 10: 1557094799 / ISBN 13: 9781557094797

Published by Applewood Books, 2002

About this Item

1st ed thus, Applewood Edition. Originally published in 1876. Describes Christmas, December 1620 with the Pilgrims. Finally available in a single volume (originally in a collection of short stories by Stowe). Beautifully/boldly illustrated.

Seller Inventory # 022740

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS OF NEW ENGLAND (2002 EDITION)
• Publisher: Applewood Books
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557094799
• ISBN 13: 9781557094797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Crawhall, John
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • CAT. 89
  • HOLIDAY BOOKS- 2016

About this title

Synopsis

This Christmas story, written by the well known author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, is set in Massachusetts in 1620. Let us look into the magic mirror of the past and see this harbor of Cape Cod on the morning of the 11th of November, in the year of our Lord 1620, as described to us in the simple words of the pilgrims.

About the Author

Harriet Beecher, born in Litchfield, CT in 1811, married Lane Theological Seminary professor and ardent critic of slavery Calvin Stowe in 1836. The Stowes supported the Underground Railroad, housing several runaway slaves in their home. Author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works, she is best known for “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” published in 1852.