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092    |fF|aNELSON 
100 1  Nelson, Willie,|d1933-|eauthor. 
245 10 Pretty paper :|ba Christmas tale /|cWillie Nelson with 
       David Ritz. 
264  1 New York :|bBlue Rider Press,|c[2016] 
300    283 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "Willie Nelson, country music's quintessential musician, 
       displays all the wit and warmth of his homespun style of 
       storytelling in an inspiring holiday novel based on his 
       classic Christmas song, "Pretty Paper."    More than fifty
       years ago, Willie Nelson's beloved Christmas song "Pretty 
       Paper" first hit the airwaves. And for all these years, 
       Willie has wondered about the real-life Texas street 
       vendor, selling wrappings and ribbons, who inspired his 
       song. Who was this poor soul? What did his painful trials 
       say about our loves, our hopes, our dreams in this holiday
       season--and in the rest of our lives?  It's the early 
       sixties and Willie Nelson is down and out, barely eking 
       out a living as a singer songwriter. The week before 
       Christmas, he spots a legless man on a cart, selling wares
       in front of Leonard's Department Store in Fort Worth, 
       Texas. The humble figure, by the name of Vernon Clay, 
       piques Willie's curiosity, but Vernon is stubbornly 
       private and--despite Willie's charming queries--has no 
       interest in telling his story. Willie is tenacious, though,
       and he eventually learns that Vernon is a fellow musician,
       a fine guitarist and singer.  When Vernon disappears, he 
       leaves behind only a diary, which tells an epic tale of 
       life-altering tragedies, broken hearts, and crooked record
       men, not to mention backroad honky-tonks, down-home 
       cooking, and country songwriting genius. Deeply moved and 
       spurred on by Vernon's pages, Willie aims to give the man 
       one last shot at redemption and a chance to embody the 
       holiday spirit"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Nineteen sixties|vFiction. 
650  0 Street vendors|zTexas|vFiction. 
650  0 Musicians|zTexas|vFiction. 
650  0 Guitarists|zTexas|vFiction. 
650  0 Singers|zTexas|vFiction. 
650  0 Diaries|vFiction. 
655  0 Christmas stories. 
655  7 Autobiographical fiction.|2gsafd 
700 1  Ritz, David,|eauthor.