Who Wrote The Night Before Christmas?: Analyzing the Clement Clarke Moore vs. Henry Livingston Question

by MacDonald P. Jackson

Published anonymously in 1823, "The Night Before Christmas" has traditionally been attributed to Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), who included it in his Poems (1844). But descendants of Henry Livingston (1748-1828) claim that he read it to his children as his own creation long before Moore is alleged to have composed it.

This book evaluates the opposing arguments and for the first time uses the author-attribution techniques of modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476664439
• ISBN13: 9781476664439
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher