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The Great Santa Search Hardcover - 2006

by Guinn, Jeff

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This follow-up to Jeff Guinn's bestselling holiday favorites The Autobiography of Santa Claus and How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas takes readers on a sleigh ride through the history of Christmas in America that lands smack-dab in 2006, as a new reality TV show threatens to destroy the true spirit of Christmas.

This third installment in Jeff Guinn's bestselling Christmas Chronicles series finds Santa facing perhaps the biggest challenge of his career. As Santa himself relates in this delightful holiday read, the trouble began in 1841, when a Philadelphia merchant named J. W. Parkinson hired a neighbor to dress as Kris Kringle in order to lure shoppers into his dry-goods store. Much to Santa's chagrin, it's been pretty much downhill since. It seems everybody wants a piece of Christmas, and through the years it has gotten worse- to the point that not a Christmas can go by without phony Santas posing on street corners across the country. But when, in 2006, it's announced that a new reality TV show called The Great Santa Search will feature a competition to find the "real" St. Nicholas, Santa knows it's time to step in!

With all the rich historical detail and glorious Christmas cheer that made The Autobiography of Santa Claus and How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas treasured family favorites, The Great Santa Search is destined to become yet another Christmas classic from Jeff Guinn.

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Tarcher, 2006-10-19. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 8x5x1. First edition, first printing, full number line starting with "1". DJ intact. Unread book in gift giving condition.. Unconditional money back guarantee.
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  • Title The Great Santa Search
  • Author Guinn, Jeff
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 319
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tarcher, New York
  • Date 2006-10-19
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 110776
  • ISBN 9781585425136 / 1585425133
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.54 x 6.1 x 1.11 in (21.69 x 15.49 x 2.82 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Christmas stories, Santa Claus
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006046365
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

This follow-up to Jeff Guinn's bestselling holiday favorites The Autobiography of Santa Claus and How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas takes readers on a sleigh ride through the history of Christmas in America that lands smack-dab in 2006, as a new reality TV show threatens to destroy the true spirit of Christmas.

This third installment in Jeff Guinn's bestselling Christmas Chronicles series finds Santa facing perhaps the biggest challenge of his career. As Santa himself relates in this delightful holiday read, the trouble began in 1841, when a Philadelphia merchant named J. W. Parkinson hired a neighbor to dress as Kris Kringle in order to lure shoppers into his dry-goods store. Much to Santa's chagrin, it's been pretty much downhill since. It seems everybody wants a piece of Christmas, and through the years it has gotten worse- to the point that not a Christmas can go by without phony Santas posing on street corners across the country. But when, in 2006, it's announced that a new reality TV show called The Great Santa Search will feature a competition to find the "real" St. Nicholas, Santa knows it's time to step in!

With all the rich historical detail and glorious Christmas cheer that made The Autobiography of Santa Claus and How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas treasured family favorites, The Great Santa Search is destined to become yet another Christmas classic from Jeff Guinn.

From the publisher

Jeff Guinn is books editor at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He is the author of eight books, including The Sixteenth Minute: Life in the Aftermath of Fame and Our Land Before We Die: The Proud Story of the Seminole Negro, which received the Texas Book Award.

Jeff Guinn is also the author of the bestselling Christmas Chronicles series, which includes The Autobiography of Santa Claus, How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas, and The Great Santa Search. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.



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About the author

Jeff Guinn is books editor at the Fort "Worth Star-Telegram." He is the author of eight books, including "The Sixteenth Minute: Life in the Aftermath of Fame" and "Our Land Before We Die: The Proud Story of the Seminole Negro," which received the Texas Book Award.

Jeff Guinn is also the author of the bestselling Christmas Chronicles series, which includes "The Autobiography of Santa Claus," "How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas," and "The Great Santa Search." He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.