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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.

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Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2016 ]

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction	394.2663 Pal	---	Available

Description	306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
	text rdacontent
	unmediated rdamedia
	volume rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject	Gluck, John Duval, 1878-1951.
	Santa Claus Association, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
	Santa Claus -- New York (State) -- New York.
	Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	United States. Post Office Department -- History -- 20th century.
	Charities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Swindlers and swindling -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Added Title	Rise and fall of a Jazz Age con man and the invention of Christmas in New York
ISBN	9781493008445
	1493008447