Alex Palmer

John Duval Gluck, Jr. was the man who creates the Santa Claus Association, which was the only group authorized to answer Santa's mail, which until then had gone into the trash. The effort delighted the public, and for 15 years money and gifts flowed in; Gluck became a Jazz Age celebrity. The rise and fall of the Santa Claus Assoc. involved stolen art, phony Boy Scouts, a kidnapping, pursuit by the FBI, a Coney Island bullfight, and the thrills and...