Santa Claus
Subtitle: a biography
By: Gerry Bowler
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Nicholas, -- Saint, Bp. of Myra; Santa Claus
Description: An entertaining, often surprising look at the life of te world's most influential fictional character. He is the embodiment of charity and generousity, a creation of mythology, a tool of clever capitalists. The very idea of him is enduring and powerful. Santa Claus was born in early nineteenth-century America, but his family tree goes back seven hundred years to Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index