The Christmas Story - Hardcover

Stoltsfus, Freiman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0971123608 ISBN 13: 9780971123601

Publisher: FIRENZE, 2001

Synopsis

A book for the young and old alike, this is a retelling of the first Christmas. Using words taken directly from the Gospels according to St. Matthew and St. Luke, the book is set in the farmlands of the Amish community. The story is told in fraktur, the scrip of the early Pennsylvania Germans, and illustrated with scenes from everyday Amish life.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The collaborations of Carol J. Haile and Freiman F. Stoltzfus have attracted the attention of a growing number of serious art collectors. Emboldened by the enthusiasm of their audience, these two artists have created a timeless legacy in this, their most ambitious collaboration, "The Christmas Story".

From the Inside Flap:

Imagine... the first Christmas taking place in a different time, a different place. Imagine Mary and Joseph as members of an Amish community. Imagine the Angel Gabriel speaking to Mary in a garden at her farmhouse on a bright day in spring during planting time, telling her she will be the mother of a child who will be called Jesus. Imagine...

Taking familiar, timeless and poetic words from the Gospels of Saints Matthew and Luke, Carol J. Haile and Freiman F. Stoltzfus revisit the story of the birth of Christ from a fascinating allegorical perspective. Using "fraktur", the traditional script of the early Pennsylvania Germans, and illustrations of common events experienced in the everyday activities of the Amish people, these two artists have retold a well known story in such a way that you might feel you are hearing it, indeed, for the first time.

Be prepared, when reading "The Christmas Story", to be transportated to a place of incredible beauty, a place peopled by amazing and capable individuals embarking on a real journey, one that actually happened more than two thousand years ago.

Imagine...

About this edition

• Publisher: FIRENZE
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0971123608
• ISBN 13: 9780971123601
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 60