That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost in the Woods

Austin, 1981. 29p., ill., boards, oblong 9x8. The story in slightly different form, originally appeared in the Washington Post. It tells of King's father becoming lost in a snowcovered landscape on Christmas Eve while returning from town with a present for the four-year-old author to be. King is best known as coauthor of the hit musical comedy, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Cartoonist Oliphant, whose honors include a Pulitzer Prize, helps the reader to visualize the surroundings with ten powerful pen and ink sketches. Signed by Larry L. King.King, Larry L. is the author of 'That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost in the Woods', published 1981 under ISBN 9780884260608 and ISBN 0884260607.