How Santa Claus Came to Simpsons Bar..., Bret Harte
How Santa Claus Came to Simpsons Bar..., Bret Harte
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How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar

Author: Bret Harte

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/15/2017

Synopsis

Originally published in Harte's 1875 short-story collection The Tales of the Argonauts, How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar is set in California in the early 1860s and, like the rest of the tales in that collection, features the gold-seeking Argonauts. In this tale, like many of Harte's others, the folly and grit of human existence balance any good intentions, good cheer, or hope, resulting in a more complicated and somewhat bleak ending than is commonly found in most Christmas tales. This recording of How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar was recorded as part of Dreamscape's Classic Christmas Stories: A Collection of Timeless Holiday Tales.

About Bret Harte

Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902) was an American short-story writer, poet, and humorist. Best remembered for his stories fiction stories concerning the California Gold Rush, featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures. He helped create the American local-colour writing style, which attempted to better represent the particularities of a place and its inhabitants through elements such as dialect, landscape, and folklore. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction.

About Phil Gigante

Phil Gigante is an Audie Award winning narrator who has won over a dozen Earphones Awards. He has narrated and directed more than two hundred and fifty audiobooks and was twice named a Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense by Audiofile Magazine. He has been named a Best Male Narrator in the categories of romance, science fiction, militaria, and mystery/suspense as well as a Favorite Dual Narrator (along with Natalie Ross). He makes his home in the Midwest.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessaka on December 22, 2018

It’s been way too many years since I first read this book to even know which decade it had been. Perhaps it was in the 50s or maybe in the very early 60s. But this book came to mind this year as I was wondering what western I had read that was about Christmas. At first all I could remember was the a......more

Goodreads review by George on February 03, 2024

Are Christmas stories only to be read in season? (Asking for a friend) Here a sick boy, isolated in Simpson's Bar, further isolated by a flood "as large as the State of Massachusetts", mentions he has heard a tale about a man named Sandy Claws. It’s Christmas Eve and the boy asks his father: "Wot's C......more

Goodreads review by Beatrice on June 07, 2020

Simpson's Bar is (I think) a small town. The men are getting together at a friend's house on Christmas Eve. The small boy is at home and not feeling well. He also does not know a Christmas. The men decide to give the boy a Christmas.......more

Goodreads review by Annika on December 23, 2024

Dag 23 i min julnovellkalender. Börjar lite lagom sunkig, men förvandlas snart till en berättelse med oväntad kämparglöd.......more

Goodreads review by James on December 02, 2021

This is the story of a father who braves the world to bring a gift to his sleeping son. It is beautiful work.......more

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