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A Warm Look At Dark Days

Posted: 12/3/2010

A story about the spirit of Christmas and the power of light in difficult, dangerous times makes for a delightful holiday gift.

(NAPSI) - The story behind two classic American Christmas songs that figured in one of the darkest times in history is told by noted historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize−winning author David McCullough in a new book that can make a great gift at holiday time or anytime.

“In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story” (Shadow Mountain, $19.99) tells the story of Christmas 1941, when British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attended a church service and sang “O Little Town of Bethlehem” including the words, “Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light.”

It also describes how, with more than a million Americans serving overseas, two New Yorkers gave the country hope with “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.”

On a DVD in each book McCullough narrates the story accompanied by the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Filled with historic photographs, the book is available at bookstores and online.

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