The First Christmas Tree: A Story of the Forest

by Henry Van Dyke

Overview

THE day before Christmas, in the year of our Lord 722. Broad snow-meadows glistening white along the banks of the river Moselle; pallid hill-sides blooming with mystic roses where the glow of the setting sun still lingered upon them; an arch of clearest, faintest azure bending overhead; in the center of the aerial landscape of the massive walls of the cloister of Pfalzel, gray to the east, purple to the west; silence over all, -a gentle, eager, conscious stillness, diffused through the air like perfume, as if earth and sky were hushing themselves to hear the voice of the river faintly murmuring down the valley.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781517525507
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/25/2015
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.06(d)

About the Author

Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) was an American author, educator, diplomat, and clergyman.

Patrick Lawlor is an accomplished audiobook narrator, stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. The recipient of an AudioFile Earphones Award, he was also a finalist for an Audie Award.