A Christmas Memory
Title | A Christmas Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Truman Capote |
Publisher | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 49 |
Release | 2014-10-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0385392761 |
A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.
The Thanksgiving Visitor
Title | The Thanksgiving Visitor PDF eBook |
Author | Truman Capote |
Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
Pages | 63 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Boys |
ISBN | 9780241017814 |
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A Christmas Memory
Title | A Christmas Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Truman Capote |
Publisher | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 49 |
Release | 2014-10-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0553512595 |
Truman Capote's boyhood Christmas memoir, rereleased with a beautiful new packaging. The classic story of Truman Capote's childhood Christmas ritual is more endearing than ever in this newly redesigned package. In celebration of A Christmas Memory's enduring appeal, this repackaged edition retains Beth Peck's evocative watercolors and Capote's original text. First published in 1956, this is the story from Capote's childhood of lovingly making fruitcakes from scratch at Christmas-time with his elderly cousin, and has stood the test of time to become known as an American holiday classic.
A Christmas Memory, The Thanksgiving Visitor, Truman Capote
Title | A Christmas Memory, The Thanksgiving Visitor, Truman Capote PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 1983 |
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One Christmas
Title | One Christmas PDF eBook |
Author | Truman Capote |
Publisher | Random House Incorporated |
Pages | 46 |
Release | 1995-11-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780679443469 |
One unforgettable Christmas, young Truman Capote is sent from his childhood home and his beloved cousin Miss Sook to New Orleans, to a father he's never met. Far from the warmth and familiarity of small town dreams and family traditions, Truman learns the painful truths about his father, about Santa Claus, and about love lost and found.
A Christmas Memory
Title | A Christmas Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Truman Capote |
Publisher | Modern Library |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1996-11-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780679602378 |
A holiday classic from "one of the greatest writers and most fascinating society figures in American history" (Vanity Fair)! First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection from Truman Capote (In Cold Blood; Breakfast at Tiffany's) about his rural Alabama boyhood is a perfect gift for Capote's fans young and old. Seven-year-old Buddy inaugurates the Christmas season by crying out to his cousin, Miss Sook Falk: "It's fruitcake weather!" Thus begins an unforgettable portrait of an odd but enduring friendship and the memories the two friends share of beloved holiday rituals. A Christmas Memory has been described as "[a] gem of a holiday story" (School Library Journal, starred review), and this warm and delicately illustrated edition is one you'll want to add to any Christmas or Capote collection.
The Thanksgiving Visitor
Title | The Thanksgiving Visitor PDF eBook |
Author | Truman Capote |
Publisher | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
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A boy recalls his life with an elderly relative in rural Alabama in the 1930s and the lesson she taught him one Thanksgiving Day about dealing with a bully from school. Autobiographical.