| Description |
1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations |
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text file rda |
| Contents |
The Adventurers' Club -- Appointed rounds -- "To all a good night" -- The most photographed man in the world -- "Enemy, death, and a Christmas tree" -- Cathedrals of commerce -- Child wonderland -- Doors to deception -- Naughty list -- German intrigue -- Poor boy gets nothing -- "Santa Claus as a business man and advertiser" -- Order out of chaos -- Spectacle on 34th Street -- Dead letters -- Epilogue: Operation Santa Claus. |
| Summary |
Recounts the 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, until a crusading charity commissioner exposed Gluck as a fraud. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Gluck, John Duval, 1878-1951.
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Santa Claus.
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Gluck, John Duval, 1878-1951. |
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Santa Claus. |
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Santa Claus Association, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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Santa Claus -- New York (State) -- New York.
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United States. Post Office Department -- History -- 20th century.
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Santa Claus Association, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) |
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United States. Post Office Department. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Charities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Swindlers and swindling -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Charities. |
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Christmas. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Swindlers and swindling. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Rise and fall of a Jazz Age con man and the invention of Christmas in New York |
| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Palmer, Alex. Santa Claus man Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2016] 9781493008445 (DLC) 2015011994 (OCoLC)907931405 |
| ISBN |
9781493018901 : $31.99 |
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1493018906 : $31.99 |
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