It's the season for miracles, isn't it?"" ""Yes, it is."" And sentiment? Yes, it is--even though this memoir about Helen...

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THE CHRISTMAS PONY

It's the season for miracles, isn't it?"" ""Yes, it is."" And sentiment? Yes, it is--even though this memoir about Helen McCully's childhood in Nova Scotia in 1912, resurrected from the middle distance of the better old days, isn't too cluttered with it. ""Ponies are for rich people"" but Mrs. McCully, who lived simply in a big old Victorian house, was determined to have one for her three youngsters and this is how it came about and how a whole small village kept it a secret from August to Christmas...

Pub Date: Oct. 30, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1967

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