The Life and Times of Bob Cratchit: A Background Story to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

NAMED TO KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2015The Life and Times of Bob Cratchit is a compelling inspirational back story to the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol focusing primarily on the life of Robert Cratchit Scrooges clerk.As he grows up facing poverty and hardship in both rural England and a squalid section of London young Robert puts to practice the lessons learned from his insightful coal mining father Peter to eventually become the man countless millions have loved to watch in the old and the new movie versions of A Christmas Carol trotting about town with Tiny Tim on his shoulder.In The Life and Times of Bob Cratchit we witness Roberts own personal odyssey and evolution and follow him in his encounters with both challenging and inspiring circumstances ultimately bringing him to be a key player--if not an unsung hero--in Ebenezer Scrooges miraculous transformation on that special Christmas morning.