{"product_id":"the-woodcutters-christmas-a-classic-holiday-fable-hardcover","title":"The Woodcutter's Christmas: A Classic Holiday Fable - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrad Kessler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDona Ann McAdams\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnwrap the deluxe, expanded, and republished edition of one of the most heartwarming Christmas stories of our time. Each year a New York family looks forward to the day in early December when the Woodcutter arrives with his Christmas trees on the sidewalk below their apartment...until he doesn't show up..and the touching backstory behind this holiday fable.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing elegant black-and-white photographs by an award-winning photographer, \u003ci\u003eThe Woodcutter's Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a reflective journey, blending the serene beauty of Vermont winters with the bustling streets of Manhattan. Seen through the eyes of a man who nurtures Christmas trees, this story explores the contrast between nature's slow, steady rhythms and the fleeting, disposable culture of modern society. When the Woodcutter sees the trees he lovingly raised discarded on city curbs after the holiday season, his perspective shifts. After a chance meeting in Manhattan with a kindred spirit, the lessons, spirit, and meaning of Christmas is beautifully reinforced in Kessler's lovely text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrad Kessler is a critically acclaimed novelist whose work has been translated into several\u003cbr\u003elanguages. He won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in Fiction for his novel \u003ci\u003eBirds in Fall\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), A\u003cbr\u003eRome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as a Whiting Writer's\u003cbr\u003eAward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is an educator and farmer and author of the literary non-fiction \u003ci\u003eGoat Song: A Seasonal Life, \u003cbr\u003eA Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books include: \u003ci\u003e North, a\u003cbr\u003enovel\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) a finalist for 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and the 2022 Vermont\u003cbr\u003eBook Award; Lick Creek (2001), a novel, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woodcutter's Christmas \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). He is the\u003cbr\u003eeditor and co-creator of \u003ci\u003eDeep North: Stories of Somali Resettlement in Vermont\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). His\u003cbr\u003ework has appeared in many publications including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon\u003cbr\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lit Hub. He's received a National Endowment for the Arts\u003cbr\u003eFellowship and the Lange-Taylor Prize from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe teaches creative writing at the MFA program at Antioch University, Los Angeles, and has\u003cbr\u003electured at, among other places, Northwestern University, Smith College, the New School\u003cbr\u003eUniversity, and the Kenyan Writer's Workshop. He is a graduate of the Harvard Program in\u003cbr\u003eRefugee Trauma and runs a small goat dairy in Southwestern Vermont alongside the\u003cbr\u003ephotographer and activist, Dona Ann McAdams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDona Ann McAdams studied photography at the San Francisco Art Institute and has an M.F.A. in\u003cbr\u003eVisual Arts from Rutgers University and a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Empire State\u003cbr\u003eCollege.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcAdams has exhibited at many places, nationally and internationally, including the Museum\u003cbr\u003eof Modern Art, NYC; The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC; The International Center for\u003cbr\u003ePhotography; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Library for Performing Arts\u003cbr\u003eat Lincoln Center, Robert Miller Gallery and La Primavera Fotographica, in Barcelona, Spain, \u003cbr\u003eHer photos are in the collections of, among other places, the Museum of Modern Art; The\u003cbr\u003eMetropolitan Museum of Art; The Print Club, and the Pompidou Center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Box: A Photographic Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e (Saint Lucy Books 2024), a book of\u003cbr\u003eperformance photography, Caught in the Act (Aperture 1996) and \u003ci\u003eThe Woodcutter's Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Council Oak Book, Fall 2001). Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, T\u003ci\u003ehe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe London Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStern\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoubletake\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAperture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer awards and honors include the Meredith S. 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She has built community darkrooms and taught photography in\u003cbr\u003eplaces as diverse as New York City homeless shelters, Appalachian farming communities, \u003cbr\u003ethoroughbred race tracks, and day programs for people living with severe mental illness.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2009 she worked closely with Maurice Sendak in establishing the Sendak Fellowship, an\u003cbr\u003eaward-winning residency fellowship for people who tell stories with illustration, which she ran\u003cbr\u003eas the director until 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe has taught and lectured at, among other places, Rutgers University, New York University, \u003cbr\u003eThe American Center in Barcelona, Spain, and Hostos Community College in the South Bronx, \u003cbr\u003eNew York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.22 x 8.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889952751904,"sku":"9798992468700","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/AgKB1fbCH09798992468700.webp?v=1781940389","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-woodcutters-christmas-a-classic-holiday-fable-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}