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One Christmas in Old Tascosa

by Casandra Firman · 2006

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"Illustrated Christmas memoir. Quintille Speck-Firman Garmany, who was seven in 1931, recalls her Christmas pageant that year in Old Tascosa's one-room schoolhouse, how the Depression and Dust Bowl affected her and her classmates' lives, and how an unpredicted blizzard introducted her to Frenchie McCormick. Two historical photographs. Song lyrics"—Provided by publisher.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisChristmasChristmasMore like thisLess of thismental healthmental healthMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
short · 104 pages

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