Description
The first edition of In The Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story, signed by David McCullough.
Octavo, vii, [7], 33pp, [9]. Beige hardcover. The first printing, with a full number line on the copyright page. Appears unread. In the publisher’s fine dust jacket. Includes a DVD affixed to the front pastedown.
This copy is signed by David McCullough on the title page.
A scarce title signed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian.
On Christmas Eve 1941-just weeks after Pearl Harbor-Winston Churchill joined Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House for a broadcast that sought to steady American morale. The book interweaves brief historical narrative with the moment’s musical elements (notably “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”) to show how words, hymns, and shared sentiment offered comfort and unity at the outset of World War II.
