Detailed view for the Book: Christmas Gift (AKA The Melodeon), A

Title:

Christmas Gift (AKA The Melodeon), A
 

Authors:

Genres:

Christmas
Short Stories

Editions:

# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 1977-00-00 Doubleday  

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Blurb: 
Among other things, The Melodeon has the distinction of being the only best-selling American novel to ever appear under four separate titles. The season is Christmas, the place is a remote Michigan farm during the Great Depression, and the miracles are many and wondrous, from a city boy"s initiation into the marvels of nature to a thrilling journey that leads to a strange encounter with an ancestor long dead. A Christmas Gift is a remembrance of the American past and of the love, sacrifice, and devotion that unite four generations of a remarkable family. On a stormy Christmas Eve, young James and his old grandfather decide to give the family"s heirloom melodeon (a small pump organ) to their impoverished local church so that, on Christmas morning, the congregation can sing to the accompaniment of inspiring music. But how are they to haul the heavy instrument through the most violent blizzard of the year? How? cc