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The Santa Claus man : the rise and fall of a Jazz Age con man and the invention of Christmas in New York /

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Main Author: Palmer, Alex
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Gluck, John Duval, > 1878-1951.
Santa Claus > (Fictitious character)
Santa Claus Association, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) > History.
United States. > Post Office Department > History > 20th century.
Christmas > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Charities > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Swindlers and swindling > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
Biography
Biographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781493018901
1493018906
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.

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