''Roads'' is a short novel by author

Seabury Quinn Seabury Grandin Quinn (also known as Jerome Burke; December 1889 – December 24, 1969) was an American government lawyer, journalist, and pulp magazine author, most famous for his stories of the occult detective Jules de Grandin, published in ' ...

. It was published by

Arkham House Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had ...

in 1948Roads by Seabury Quinn
/nowiki>] Red Jacket Press, "First published in the January 1938 issue of Weird Tales" in an edition of 2,137 copies. It was Arkham House's first illustrated book and the author's first hardcover. The story, in an unrevised edition, originally appeared in the January 1938 issue of ''

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'' magazine. ''Roads'' is a

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story that traces the origins of Santa Claus from the beginning of the Christian era. The story is split into three parts: * "The Road to Bethlehem" * "The Road to Calvary" * "The Long, Long Road" ''Roads'' was re-issued in 2005 by Red Jacket Press, as a fully authorized facsimile reproduction of the original Arkham House edition, and again by Shadowridge Press in 2017.

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* * * * 1948 American novels American fantasy novels Santa Claus in fiction Christmas novels Works originally published in Weird Tales Arkham House books {{1940s-fantasy-novel-stub

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