Christmas on the Great Plains
By: edited by Dorothy Dodge Robbins and Kenneth Robbins.
Contributors: Robbins, Dorothy Dodge.; Robbins, Kenn.
Series: A Bur Oak book
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Christmas stories, American.; American fiction -- Great Plains.; Christmas -- Great Plains.; Great Plains -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Featuring stories and essays by both classic and contemporary regional authors, including Willa Cather, Hamlin Garland, Paul Engle, Constance Vogel, and Ted Kooser, Christmas on the Great Plains offers unique geographic, historical, and cultural perspectives on winter's holiday celebrations and traditions - from Iutefisk and julebukking to sleighbells and twinkling lights - that will be appreciated by anyone who has braved the wintry plains."--Jacket.