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Alex Palmer
Alex Palmer is the author of the forthcoming The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York (out in October), as well as the gift books Weird-o-Pedia and Literary Miscellany. His work has appeared in Slate, Rhapsody, Vulture, the New York... show more

Alex Palmer is the author of the forthcoming The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York (out in October), as well as the gift books Weird-o-Pedia and Literary Miscellany. His work has appeared in Slate, Rhapsody, Vulture, the New York Daily News, Publishers Weekly, and The Rumpus, among others. See more at www.alexpalmerwrites.com.
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Birth date: January 01, 1952
Category:
Mystery
Alex Palmer's Books
Weird-o-pedia: The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts About (Supposedly) Ordinary Things - Alex Palmer The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York - Alex Palmer Literary Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Literature - Alex Palmer Weird-O-Pedia: The Ultimate Book of Strange, Surprising, and Incredibly Odd Facts about (Supposedly) Ordinary Things - Alex Palmer The Labyrinth of Drowning - Alex Palmer Mountain View Gold: Day Dawn Western Aus... Mountain View Gold: Day Dawn Western Australia and the Italians Who Made It Happen - Alex Palmer Blood Redemption - Alex Palmer Weird-O-Pedia - Alex Palmer The Tattooed Man - Alex Palmer
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Stewartry
Stewartry rated it 9 years ago
text The Santa Claus Man
Far be it from me to be part of "Christmas creep"; I'm as nauseated as anyone to see holiday decorations dominating stores and Christmas-themed commercials cropping up on tv. But this book was published in, and I read it in, October, and – well, after all, this is how it all began… I roll my eyes at...
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Loves Dandelions; Loves Books
Loves Dandelions; Loves Books rated it 9 years ago
text The Santa Claus Man by Alex Palmer
Before the charismatic John Duval Gluck, Jr. came along, letters from New York City children to Santa Claus were destroyed, unopened, by the U.S. Post Office. Gluck saw an opportunity, and created the Santa Claus Association. The effort delighted the public, and for 15 years money and gifts flowed t...
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