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© 2018 by Bettye Collier-Thomas

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Text design and composition by Michael Starkman at

Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Collier-Thomas, Bettye, editor.

Title: A treasury of African American Christmas stories / compiled and edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas.

Description: Boston : Beacon Press, [2018]

Identifiers: LCCN 2018017993 (print) | LCCN 2018021638 (ebook) | ISBN 9780807027936 (ebook) | ISBN 9780807027837 (hardback : acid-free paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Christmas—Literary collections. | American literature—African American authors. | African Americans—Literary collections. | BISAC: FICTION / African American / Christian. | FICTION / African American / Historical.

Classification: LCC PS509.C56 (ebook) | LCC PS509.C56 T73 2018 (print) | DDC 810.8/033408996073—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018017993