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Reading Aloud; Henry Van Dyke: Legend of the First Christmas Tree
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- Series
- Reading Aloud
- Program
- Henry Van Dyke: Legend of the First Christmas Tree
- Series Description
William Cavness reads works of literature on-air. According to Cavness' oral history of the beginnings of Reading Aloud, the series came about, in part, due to the Soviet ban of the work Dr. Zhivago in the Fall of 1958, and the books fourth edition falling out of print in the United States. As such Dr. Zhivago became the first work Cavness read, and the resulting success, directly lead to the creation of the series which ran until Cavness' retirement from WGBH in 1991. Series release date: 11/24/1958
- Program Description
Series description: William Cavness reads works of literature on-air. According to Cavness' oral history of the beginnings of Reading Aloud, the series came about, in part, due to the Soviet ban of the work Dr. Zhivago in the Fall of 1958, and the books fourth edition falling out of print in the United States. As such Dr. Zhivago became the first work Cavness read, and the resulting success, directly lead to the creation of the series which ran until Cavness' retirement from WGBH in 1991.
- Duration
00:28:50
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Audio
- Genres
- Performance in a Studio
- Topics
- Literature
- Creators
- Cavness, William (Series Producer)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Reading Aloud; Henry Van Dyke: Legend of the First Christmas Tree,” GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_5061F6E4D52640CFB36B477DFE396AD1.
- MLA: “Reading Aloud; Henry Van Dyke: Legend of the First Christmas Tree.” GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_5061F6E4D52640CFB36B477DFE396AD1>.
- APA: Reading Aloud; Henry Van Dyke: Legend of the First Christmas Tree. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_5061F6E4D52640CFB36B477DFE396AD1