The baker's dozen : a colonial American tale
(2018)

Fiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Triangle Interactive, LLC, 2018
Made available through hoopla
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781684440191 (electronic bk.) MWT12218384, 168444019X (electronic bk.) 12218384
LANGUAGE
English
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The baker, Van Amsterdam becomes known in Colonial America for baking his St. Nicholas cookies but his greed drives him to become stingy in his business. When an old woman buys a dozen cookies from him and expects to receive 13, he withholds the last one. Unfortunately, his business goes downhill until the day she returns for 12 more cookies. But this time he gives her an extra measure and the custom of offering a "baker's dozen" or 13 items spreads throughout the colonies

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