I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day [With DVD]

by Lloyd Newell, Karmel H. Newell, Karmel Newell

Book Overview

The great American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has long been revered for his classic literary works. His poem Christmas Bells has become one of our most well- known and beloved Christmas carols, I... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606411543
• ISBN13: 9781606411544
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Shadow Mountain
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.0" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

So Beautiful I Cried

Story told beautifully and music gave me the good kind of goose bumps. Just what is needed to make anyones holiday.

Highlights a classic poet's struggles with life and faith, with golden results

Enhanced with the inclusion of a DVD performance by Edward Herrmann and Mormon Tabernacle Choir, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a beautiful package of both book and DVD that tells the story of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the writing of his famous poem, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." Written at a crucial time in American history just before the end of the Civil War, the poem has come to symbolize faith in a good and peaceful future in a time of chaos and war. How it was written, the family history surrounding Longfellow's crisis of faith, and the eventual setting of the edited poem to the hymn tune "Waltham," by John Baptiste Calkin, all details are wound into a wonderful book for families to share in the upcoming holiday season. The final treat is the DVD performance of the famous carol by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, narrated by Edward Herrmann. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" highlights a classic poet's struggles with life and faith, with golden results. Nancy Lorraine Senior Reviewer