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    The First Christmas Tree A Story of the Forest
    The First Christmas Tree A Story of the Forest
    The First Christmas Tree A Story of the Forest
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    The First Christmas Tree A Story of the Forest

    By Henry Van Dyke

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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    Henry Van Dyke

    Henry Van Dyke (1928–2011) was born in Allegan, Michigan, and grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, where his parents were professors at Alabama State College. He served in the Army in occupied Germany, playing flute in the 427th Marching Band. There he abandoned his early ambition to become a concert pianist and began to write. In 1958, after attending the University of Michigan on the G.I. Bill and living in Ann Arbor, he moved to New York, where he spent the rest of his life. Henry taught creative writing part-time at Kent State University from 1969 until his retirement in 1993, and was the author of four novels, including Blood of Strawberries, a sequel to Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes.

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