. . . "When Clay Spencer fails to arrive home at the expected hour on Christmas Eve of 1933, his family grows concerned and the older son goes in search of his father. But on his journey through the snowbound Virginia Hills, the boy experiences a series of hazardous, touching and hilarious adventures."@en . . "Richard Thomas reads The homecoming"@en . . . . . . "The homecoming [sound recording]" . . . "The homecoming"@en . . "Christmas stories"@en . . "Domestic fiction"@en . "Fiction"@en . "Blue Ridge Mountains" . . . . "Talking books." . .