From Christmas to Twelfth Night in Southern Illinois by John Dunphy

From Christmas to Twelfth Night in Southern Illinois by John Dunphy

Journey to a region where all the perennials are said to bloom at midnight on Christmas Eve and where a family's luck is determined by the first person to walk through their door on New Year's Day. Spend a literary Christmas in Herrin, listen to the twelve bells of Belleville ring out the coming year and greet the Three Kings of Germantown at Epiphany. Whether you are a newcomer to southern Illinois or whether you feel like you have been singing La Guiannee since the tradition started in Prairie du Rocher in 1720, join John J. Dunphy for a season of sacred memories and merry recollections.

Dunphy, John J.: - Born in Alton, Illinois, and now residing in the village of Godfrey, John J. Dunphy is a summa cum laude graduate of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and attended that university s graduate school on an academic fellowship. He is a member of the SIUE School of Education s Academy of Fellows and also serves on the Executive Advisory Board of the SIUE School of Education. Dunphy has written hundreds of articles for magazines and newspapers. His books include Lewis and Clark s Illinois Volunteers, It Happened at the River Bend, Dark Nebulae and From Christmas to Twelfth Night in Southern Illinois, which was published by The History Press in 2010. He taught writing at Lewis and Clark Community College for almost a decade and owns the Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, Illinois. Visit him in cyberspace at www.johndunphy.com and www.secondreadingbookshop.com.

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ISBN 13	9781596299139
ISBN 10	1596299134
Title	From Christmas to Twelfth Night in Southern Illinois
Author	John Dunphy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The History Press
Year published	2010-11-26
Number of pages	144
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