01968cam a2200481 4500 622959850 TxAuBib 041011s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003060096 9780670031207 alk. paper 0670031208 alk. paper 9780142004852 0142004855 (OCoLC)56697208 TxAuBib eng eng Karon, Jan. Shepherds abiding : a Mitford Christmas story / Jan Karon. Shepherds abiding : a Mitford Christmas story. New York : Viking, 2003. New York : Penguin Books, 2003. 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 288 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Mitford years, The ; 8 Having pursued intellectual matters all of his life, Father Tim discovers the joys of working with his hands when he discovers a worn-out nativity scene and begins to restore it. Crèches (Nativity scenes) Fiction. Episcopalians Fiction. Clergy Fiction. Kavanagh, Timothy (Fictitious character) Fiction. North Carolina Fiction. Mitford (N.C. : Imaginary place) Fiction. Christmas stories. Crèches (Nativity scenes) Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Christmas Stories. North Carolina Fiction. Christian fiction. The Mitford years ; 8. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060096-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060096-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060096-s.html Sample text TXHAP