01922cam a2200397 i 4500 623682810 TxAuBib 20201030120000.0 030414s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003050249 9780767916226 0767916220 (OCoLC)52090921 TXKPL eng rda TXKPL TxAuBib rda Shepherd, Jean. A Christmas Story / By Jean Shepherd. First edition. New York : Broadway Books, 2003. 131 pages. : illustrations ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The first 4 stories in this collection previously published in "In God we trust, all others pay cash"; the 5th story previously published in "Wanda Hickey's night of golden memories, and other disasters". Duel in the snow, or, Red Ryder nails the Cleveland Street Kid -- The Counterfeit Secret Circle member gets the message, or, The asp strikes again -- My old man and the lascivious special award that heralded the birth of pop art -- Grover Dill and the Tasmanian devil -- The grandstand passion play of Delbert and the Bumpus hounds. A young boy must convince his parents that a toy rifle is the only Christmas gift that will make Christmas worthwhile. Not only do his parents face what many other parents do during that time of the year, but their actions fit in with the All-American Christmas. 20201030. Boys Fiction. Indiana Fiction. Christmas fiction. Satirical literature. Autobiographical fiction. Humorous fiction. Bildungsromans lcgft. Fiction. TXKPL