| Description |
1 online resource (131 pages) : illustrations |
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The first 4 stories in this collection previously published in In God we trust, all others pay cash; the 5th story previously published in Wanda Hickey's night of golden memories, and other disasters. |
| Contents |
Duel in the snow, or, Red Ryder nails the Cleveland Street Kid -- The Counterfeit Secret Circle member gets the message, or, The asp strikes again -- My old man and the lascivious special award that heralded the birth of pop art -- Grover Dill and the Tasmanian devil -- The grandstand passion play of Delbert and the Bumpus hounds. |
| Summary |
Ralphie, a nine-year-old boy in 1940s Indiana, dreams of receiving a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas but encounters resistance at every turn when he makes his wish known. |
| Subject |
Indiana -- Fiction.
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Boys -- Fiction.
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Christmas stories.
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Satire..
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| Genre |
Autobiographical fiction.
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Humorous fiction.
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Bildungsromans.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shepherd, Jean. In God we trust, all others pay cash. Selections. Christmas story. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, 2003 0767916220 (DLC) 2003050249 (OCoLC)52090921 |
| ISBN |
9780307768735 (electronic bk.) |
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0307768732 (electronic bk.) |
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