A Tree Full of Stars

First edition (publ. Scribners)

A Tree Full of Stars is a 1965 novel by American author Davis Grubb.

Story line and development[]

The novel, set in the Great Depression, is the story of the Dance family who keep their Christmas lights on all year round. "It was based on a family, again from Moundsville [West Virginia—Grubb's hometown] who kept their Christmas tree lit all year. Strangely, this enraged some people in the town. The family was finally forced to leave.^[1]

Editions[]

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. This was Grubb's fourth and final novel for Scribner's. His next novel,

Shadow of My Brother would be published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston in 1966

An abridged version appeared in Ladies Home Journal in December 1965.

References[]

^ Introduction by Louis Grubb, in Grubb, Davis, You Never Believe Me, St Martin's Press, New York,, p. ix, 1989.

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[1] Introduction by Louis Grubb, in Grubb, Davis, You Never Believe Me, St Martin's Press, New York,, p. ix, 1989.

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