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02687aam a2200325 i 4500 001 98F5110C1DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201103011456 008 160812s2016 nyu 000 1 eng 020 $a 1683242327 020 $a 9781683242321 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3614.E44957 $b P74 2016 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 084 $a REL034020 $a REL034020 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Nelson, Willie, $d 1933- $e author. 245 10 $a Pretty paper : $b a Christmas tale / Willie Nelson. / $c Willie Nelson with David Ritz. 250 $a Large print. 264 1 $a Thorndike, Maine : $b Center Point Large Print edition. $c 2017. 300 $a 255p. 520 $a "Willie Nelson, country music's quintessential musician, displays all the wit and warmth of his homespun style of storytelling in an inspiring holiday novel based on his classic Christmas song, "Pretty Paper." More than fifty years ago, Willie Nelson's beloved Christmas song "Pretty Paper" first hit the airwaves. And for all these years, Willie has wondered about the real-life Texas street vendor, selling wrappings and ribbons, who inspired his song. Who was this poor soul? What did his painful trials say about our loves, our hopes, our dreams in this holiday season--and in the rest of our lives? It's the early sixties and Willie Nelson is down and out, barely eking out a living as a singer songwriter. The week before Christmas, he spots a legless man on a cart, selling wares in front of Leonard's Department Store in Fort Worth, Texas. The humble figure, by the name of Vernon Clay, piques Willie's curiosity, but Vernon is stubbornly private and--despite Willie's charming queries--has no interest in telling his story. Willie is tenacious, though, and he eventually learns that Vernon is a fellow musician, a fine guitarist and singer. When Vernon disappears, he leaves behind only a diary, which tells an epic tale of life-altering tragedies, broken hearts, and crooked record men, not to mention backroad honky-tonks, down-home cooking, and country songwriting genius. Deeply moved and spurred on by Vernon's pages, Willie aims to give the man one last shot at redemption and a chance to embody the holiday spirit"-- $c Provided by publisher. 655 0 $a Christmas stories. 650 7 $a MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a RELIGION / Holidays / Christmas & Advent. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Autobiographical fiction. $2 gsafd 700 1 $a Ritz, David, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20230318010205.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=98F5110C1DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search