In this whimsical collection of Christmas stories and poems from the snowy north woods of New England, see the season in a new light and find the holiday spirit in unlikely places - in Siberia, from the tail of the Christmas Comet, or even ...
Author: John-Richard Thompson
Publisher: Rascal Press
ISBN: 0692815988
Category: Fiction
Page: 208
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The Christmas Mink and Other December Tales from the North Woods brings the spirit of the season alive. In this whimsical collection of Christmas stories and poems from the snowy north woods of New England, see the season in a new light and find the holiday spirit in unlikely places - in Siberia, from the tail of the Christmas Comet, or even your own tree. In the title tale, The Christmas Mink, young Will, worried about finding a gift for his generous mother, receives a miraculous gift courtesy of a talking mink. In Coal, hapless elves Jeremiah Blizzard and Artie Sleet must travel to Siberia to gather Santa's supply of coal for his list of VBKs (very bad kids). Follow noble Tobias the donkey on a journey of undeniable importance. Join curmudgeonly old woodsmen, living ornaments, a congress of talking animals, a horde of helpful mice and one grandiose moose in these rousing December tales certain to please both cynic and celebrant alike.You can see mink (from $199 to $799) at 24i of the j4o Sears stores and in ... Is there any woman in the world who wouldn't like this mink for Christmas?
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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.... while the kids down the street might get new bikes from Sears for Christmas—fresh out of the box, with shiny plastic tassels on the handle grips—not us.
Author: Alison Houtte
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9781409105534
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 272
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A fascinating, highly entertaining story of one woman's adventures in vintage clothing ALLIGATORS, OLD MINK & NEW MONEY is a celebration of the clothes that capture our memories and imaginations. Narrated by a former fashion model who now runs a Brooklyn vintage clothes and accessories store, this is not only the story of one woman's life in fashion, but a wonderfully entertaining guide for anyone seeking out vintage finds to add to their wardrobe. Marrying two of our most popular pastimes - shopping and reading - Alison Houtte examines everything from pre-War ball gowns to Seventies glitz, from designer labels to fun accessories. Whether talking about her grandmother's navy blue slip or a creamy white forties alligator purse, Houtte knows that every article of vintage clothing has a story behind it.Perhaps there was some fish or other scent on the trap, causing the mink to dig ... Ran back to Narrows Camp and then to traps I set on Christmas Day up at ...
Author: Richard Bartoo
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781483674469
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 286
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Letters from Alaska Someone has commented that the Bartoo family is made of people who are highly literate, adventurous, and in love with the outdoors and animals. From the articles in this collection, I think any reader will agree with that. In their 30 to 40 years of living in Alaska, my mom and dad wrote many things to describe what their life was like. Some were letters written to family and friends, some were trapping logs, some were just personal accounts of activities on hunting trips and other travels, often written strictly for their own enjoyment. My mother and dad were over 50 when they moved to Alaska, and started a new life there. From my mothers letters over the years, she tells all about their life in Alaska in the 20th century. She makes the stories of their experiences come alive: hunting for moose, goats, or caribou; then fishing for salmon and halibut, and how they lost the Salmon Derby; and their fur trapping of mink, martin, etc. The perennial question folks ask, Whats it like to live in Alaska? Mom answers from her viewpoint, both in showing details of daily routines of growing flowers while weeding and feeding mosquitoes, as well as how to prepare for spending weeks or months at a time in the bush on their annual trapping trip.The day before Christmas, New York City Wrapped in a luxurious mink coat and nothing else, Nina Wells stood, alone, on the terrace of her lavish New York ...
Author: Jean C. Joachim
Publisher: Jean Joachim
ISBN: 9781626227880
Category: Fiction
Page: 164
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Can a summer romance survive the cold of winter? Nina Wells, a widow in her late forties, had buried love with her husband. Until she met the playwright next door. Clint, a school teacher by profession, is sweating through his first play. When he accidentally dumps his mint chip ice cream on Nina’s chest, he meets the one woman who believes he can write. Nina, an actress, sees Clint’s talent. Using her experience in the theater to guide him, she bonds with him over the play. They collaborate, writing and cooking together. The summer flies by as Nina falls in love and hopes her new man will revive her dormant acting career as well as her love life. But once back in the City, reality bombards them at every turn. There’s no sentiment in the theater, only cold, hard reality. What will Clint do when faced with the option of losing his dream or the woman of his dreams?The Christmas Gift She told me that she wanted mink beneath the Christmas tree. I bought one at a bargain rate. I wrapped it carefully.
Author: LaVern McCarthy
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781365535055
Category: Poetry
Page: 68
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A collection of mostly prize-winning poems pokes fun at the absurdities of daily life. The author has a twisted view of ordinary things. She also listens to catfish, reveals the secret of Aunt MamieOs garden plot, and wants to have a pothole named after her.A customer named Mrs. Patricia Swank called Eddie Marcus with her Christmas problem. She's made a bet with her husband in which the stakes were “a mink.
Author: Frank X. Tolbert
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 9781789126761
Category: History
Page: 146
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Herbert Marcus, Sr., a former buyer with Dallas’ Sanger Brothers department store, had left his previous job to found a new business with his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman and her husband, A.L. Neiman, then employees of Sanger Brothers competitor A. Harris and Co. In 1907 the trio had $25,000 from the successful sales-promotion firm they had built in Atlanta, Georgia, and two potential investments into which to invest the funds. Rather than take a chance on an unknown “sugary soda pop business,” the three entrepreneurs rejected the fledgling Coca-Cola company and chose instead to return to Dallas to found a retail business. The store, established on September 10, 1907, was lavishly furnished and stocked with clothing of a quality not commonly found in Texas. Within a few weeks, the store’s initial inventory, mostly acquired on a buying trip to New York made by Carrie, was completely sold out. Oil-rich Texans, welcoming the opportunity to flaunt their wealth in more sophisticated fashion than was previously possible, flocked to the new store. In spite of the Panic of 1907 set off only a few weeks after its opening, Neiman Marcus was instantly successful, and its first several years of operation were quite profitable. Neiman-Marcus, Texas by Frank X. Tolbert “tells the story of Dallas’ fashion-wise emporium, from its start in 1907 to its acclaim today [1953], and is profiled here in all its elegance, community significance and individual enterprise.”Another spiritual anecdote regarding my mother's life and death is related to a mink stole. During the 1980 Christmas season of my mother's visit, ...
Author: Frederick Douglas Harper
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781796089431
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 444
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The Stories is a book about the “stories in my life,” rather than the story of my life. This book includes stories of the author as a youth growing up in the South under Jim Crow’s racial segregation, stories about his roles as a pioneer and leader of civil rights, and stories about spiritual events and spiritual encounters. There are also stories from his times as a school and college student, public school teacher, university professor for 42 years, professional counselor, professional consultant, parent, child, and friend. There is a total of 54 amazing stories that have spiritual implications and reflect intriguing social and psychological dynamics.Then it was Christmas—the warmest Christmas we've ever spent in the North: fourteen above zero, and a day as beautiful as it was short, the sun barely ...
Author: Chick Ferguson
Publisher: Old West Books
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Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 215
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Love and Adventure on a Far North Wilderness Trapline When Chick Ferguson made plans to go to the Yukon, he wasn’t planning on taking his newlywed Mary. He definitely was not planning on spending much of the next eighteen years in the wilderness. For he was just a photographer with a little studio in a little town in Montana. His business was failing and having heard of the riches of the fur trade he was hoping to spend a year or two trapping, making a stake and returning to his routine life. But he didn’t figure on love. . . . For this is a story of romance. A story of survival, hardship, success, trials, adventure, happiness, and romance. A romance of the wilderness and the trapline, and a romance with Mary—the bravest and most wonderful woman in the North. One could only wish for a partner of such courage and companionship. The only white woman in a vast and unforgiving territory. The closest city, many hundreds of miles. And the only visitors to be expected, the unwanted kind. How many women could endure such hardship and learn to love it? She had many chances to leave and go back to a normal life in the states, but she always returned to her man and her wilderness. Against all odds, Chick and Mary built a life in the Far North and made a successful living on the trapline. Though a life full of struggles and danger they both could not imagine living any other way. With a wonderful writing style that makes you feel as if you are there, Chick Ferguson takes us along with him on his adventures in the Far North.The more affluent homes in urban districts may sport decorated Christmas ... a trio of argumentative pigeons; and Minerva Mink, a young, seductive mink.
Author: William D. Crump
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9781476605739
Category: Religion
Page: 540
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This considerably expanded third edition of The Christmas Encyclopedia (2001) adds 281 new entries, bringing the total number of Christmas topics to more than 760. Continuing in the format of the previous editions, a wide variety of subjects are included: individual carols and songs; historical events at Christmastime; popular Christmas symbols; Christmas plants, place names, and stamps; and celebrations in countries around the world, including the origins of some of the most cherished traditions in the United States. Unique to this work is its emphasis on Christmas as depicted in the popular media, with entries covering literary works such as Call Me Mrs. Miracle and Silver Bells, classic television series such as Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, motion pictures such as Arthur Christmas and Santa Clause 3, and television specials expressing holiday themes.As she thanked him, she ran a hand down the surface of the luxurious coat. She'd never felt fur this soft. “Is this coat real mink?” He chuckled. “It is.
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 9781493410965
Category: Fiction
Page: 176
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When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby's father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant's paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don't know that she--or their grandson--exists. When Amelia discovers that the family is wealthy and influential, dare she disclose the truth of her relationship with their son? Or could the celebration of the arrival of another unexpected baby nearly two thousand years ago be the answer to her dilemma? Beloved author Melody Carlson pens a story of love, hardship, and reconciliation that will leave readers filled with Christmas joy.A store in Texas boasts it sold a mink coat every day during the Christmas buying spree. Los Angeles shoppers were described as "ferocious.
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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.THE CHRISTMAS MINK One Christmas Eve a lavish gift backfired. On duty that day as a reserve police officer, Galatoire's regular David Oestreicher was called ...
Author: Marda Burton
Publisher: Garrett County Press
ISBN: 9781891053238
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 229
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Delicious, decadent and fiercely traditional, Galatoire's is everything that's fabulous (and eccentric) about New Orleans rolled into one sublime institution. This is an exceptional history of the renowned United States restaurant, featuring rare photographs and stories that cut across the vast spectrum that populates the Gataloire's universe. Uncover the secrets of the restaurant's signature dishes. Go backstage with Galatoire family members. Eavesdrop as deals are cut in the glittering downstairs dining room.In the face of these setbacks Mink perseveres in his purpose, ... Like Joe Christmas Mink has earned his peace, and unafraid he lies on the earth itself.
Author: Lynn Gartrell Levins
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820333625
Category: Literary Criticism
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In this discerning study of Faulkner's major novels from Sartoris to The Reivers, Lynn Levins answers the criticism that the fictional world of William Faulkner is not heroic enough. Her study analyzes his heroic design--his rendering of the events of his rural community of Yoknapatawpha against scenes from myth, classical drama, epic poetry, and chivalric and historical romance. In each case Faulkner is not parodying traditional literary modes to focus on the grotesque diminution of legend and myth in Yoknapatawpha County; rather he is writing in As I Lay Dying and Old Man and The Hamlet of the fulfillment of an ethical obligation. When that obligation is met in spite of temptations and difficulties, then the action of Anse Burden or the tall convict or the idiot Ike Snopes approaches heroic proportions. Behind the chivalric framework of the tall convict's epic journey or the identification of Thomas Sutpen as the old Greek tragic hero lies a heroic ideal. By employing such a design Faulkner affirms man's historical continuity and asserts his belief that in the twentieth century the heroic is still possible.