Christmas at Eagle Pond
by Hall, Donald
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- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0547581483
- ISBN 13
- 9780547581484
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Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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Synopsis
Donald Hall draws on his own childhood memories and gives himself the thing he most wanted but didn't get as a boy: a Christmas at Eagle Pond. It’s the Christmas season of 1940, and twelve-year-old Donnie takes the train to visit his grandparents' place in rural New Hampshire. Once there, he quickly settles into the farm’s routines. In the barn, Gramp milks the cows and entertains his grandson by speaking rhymed pieces, while Donnie’s eyes are drawn to an empty stall that houses a graceful, cobwebby sleigh. Now Model A's speed over the wintry roads, which must be plowed, and the beautiful sleigh has become obsolete. When the church pageant is over, the gifts are exchanged, and the remains of the Christmas feast put away, the air becomes heavy with fine snowflakes—the kind that fall at the start of a big storm—and everyone wonders, how will Donnie get back to his parents on time?
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- Bookseller
- More Than Words Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WAL-W-1f-01542
- Title
- Christmas at Eagle Pond
- Author
- Hall, Donald
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0547581483
- ISBN 13
- 9780547581484
- Publisher
- Ecco
- This edition first published
- 2012-11-20
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