Thanksgiving and Other Harvest Festivals

Thanksgiving and Other Harvest Festivals
Title Thanksgiving and Other Harvest Festivals PDF eBook
Author Ann Morrill
Publisher Infobase Publishing
Pages 113
Release 2009
Genre Electronic books
ISBN 1438127979

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Introduces celebrations of the harvest and describes the traditions and festivities held for these holidays throughout the world.

A Pioneer Thanksgiving

A Pioneer Thanksgiving
Title A Pioneer Thanksgiving PDF eBook
Author Barbara Greenwood
Publisher Kids Can Press Ltd
Pages 60
Release 1999-09
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9781550747447

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Follow the Robertson family as they prepare for a Thanksgiving dinner to celebrate the harvest in the fall of 1841.

Harvest Festivals Around the World

Harvest Festivals Around the World
Title Harvest Festivals Around the World PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Silver Burdett Press
Pages 50
Release 1995
Genre Cooking
ISBN 9780671872397

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Describes the festivals and holidays celebrated by various cultures around the world at the autumn equinox or harvest time.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving
Title Thanksgiving PDF eBook
Author Alice K. Flanagan
Publisher Capstone
Pages 36
Release 2002
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780756500870

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This book explores the history, customs, and symbols of Thanksgiving.

Celebrate Thanksgiving

Celebrate Thanksgiving
Title Celebrate Thanksgiving PDF eBook
Author Deborah Heiligman
Publisher National Geographic Books
Pages 40
Release 2006
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780792259282

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Describes the history of Thanksgiving and how it is celebrated in the United States.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title Encyclopaedia Britannica PDF eBook
Author Hugh Chisholm
Publisher
Pages 1090
Release 1910
Genre Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN

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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving
Title Thanksgiving PDF eBook
Author Melanie Kirkpatrick
Publisher Encounter Books
Pages 238
Release 2021-10-05
Genre History
ISBN 1641772131

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We all know the story of Thanksgiving. Or do we? This uniquely American holiday has a rich and little known history beyond the famous feast of 1621. In Thanksgiving, award-winning author Melanie Kirkpatrick journeys through four centuries of history, giving us a vivid portrait of our nation's best-loved holiday. Drawing on newspaper accounts, private correspondence, historical documents, and cookbooks, Thanksgiving brings to life the full history of the holiday and what it has meant to generations of Americans. Many famous figures walk these pages—Washington, who proclaimed our first Thanksgiving as a nation amid controversy about his Constitutional power to do so; Lincoln, who wanted to heal a divided nation sick of war when he called for all Americans—North and South—to mark a Thanksgiving Day; FDR, who set off a debate on state's rights when he changed the traditional date of Thanksgiving. Ordinary Americans also play key roles in the Thanksgiving story—the New England Indians who boycott Thanksgiving as a Day of Mourning; Sarah Josepha Hale, the nineteenth-century editor and feminist who successfully campaigned for Thanksgiving to be a national holiday; the 92nd Street Y in New York City, which founded Giving Tuesday, an online charity established in the long tradition of Thanksgiving generosity. Kirkpatrick also examines the history of Thanksgiving football and, of course, Thanksgiving dinner. While the rites and rituals of the holiday have evolved over the centuries, its essence remains the same: family and friends feasting together in a spirit of gratitude to God, neighborliness, and hospitality. Thanksgiving is Americans' oldest tradition. Kirkpatrick's enlightening exploration offers a fascinating look at the meaning of the holiday that we gather together to celebrate on the fourth Thursday of November. With Readings for Thanksgiving Day designed to be read aloud around the table.