Title The Santa Claus man : the rise and fall of a Jazz Age con man and the invention of Christmas in New York / Alex Palmer

Published Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource Contents The Adventurers' Club -- Appointed rounds -- "To all a good night" -- The most photographed man in the world -- "Enemy, death, and a Christmas tree" -- Cathedrals of commerce -- Child wonderland -- Doors to deception -- Naughty list -- German intrigue -- Poor boy gets nothing -- "Santa Claus as a business man and advertiser" -- Order out of chaos -- Spectacle on 34th Street -- Dead letters -- Epilogue: Operation Santa Claus Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Gluck, John Duval, 1878-1951. Santa Claus (Fictitious character) SUBJECT Gluck, John Duval, 1878-1951 fast Santa Claus (Fictitious character) fast Subject Santa Claus Association, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) -- History United States. Post Office Department -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT Santa Claus Association, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) fast United States. Post Office Department fast Subject Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Charities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Swindlers and swindling -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. Charities Christmas Manners and customs Swindlers and swindling SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century New York (N.Y.) -- Biography Subject New York (State) -- New York Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781493018901 1493018906

Other Titles Rise and fall of a Jazz Age con man and the invention of Christmas in New York

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