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Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience | Melanie Kirkpatrick
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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 Drawing on newspaper accounts, private correspondence, historical documents, and cookbooks, Thanksgiving brings to life the full history of the holiday and what it has meant to generations of Americans.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 pagesWashington, 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 AmericansNorth and Southto 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 storythe 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.
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BarkingMadRead 😂😂 4y
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GlitteryOtters
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More I am giving thanks for today...delicious vegan food (and the knowledge/skill/ability to make it/learn to make new foods), my home which is tiny but beautiful and stuffed full of books & large dogs, street art (especially NYC's vibrant street art scene), public transit, Dole Whips, that most excellent accidentally vegan food, abandoned subway stations (thanks, NY Transit Museum!), books, Litsy & Littens, knowing how to make pizza, the ocean 🌊

BooksForEmpathy Love all of these pictures. What a great life 😍. 7y
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Ashley_Nicoletto This is a great list! 7y
EvieBee 😻😻😻 7y
DebinHawaii An excellent list! Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️🍍👍 7y
GlitteryOtters @DebinHawaii @EvieBee84 @Ashley_Nicoletto @BooksForEmpathy @melbeautyandbooks thank you all & I hope you are having the happiest & most thankful of Thanksgiving days! 💕 7y
britt_brooke 💕💕💕 7y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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#BlameMrBook for this making it to my bookcase tonight after a trip to Barnes & Noble.

MrBook 😂👏🏻🙌🏻!!! Yesss 😁👍🏻!!! 7y
BookBabe 😊👍🏻 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess @MeBook and @BookBabe Thank you! You are a "bad" influence!?? 7y
BookBabe 😁😁😁 7y
Cortg Happy Thanksgiving! 7y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post! Can't think of a more appropriate book for this week 😁. Looks like a great short read, and I added this one to my TBR the moment I laid eyes on it. Definitely a book we'll be putting out on the coffee table every November to go along work our Fall/#Thanksgiving decorations. Anyone read this yet? It's a newly published book. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Crinoline_Laphroaig I need a Thanksgiving coffee table book. Thanksgiving by Ellen Cooney on kindle is my seasonal read right now. 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess I need to get this! #blameMrBook 7y
MrBook @missnavigation Ooh, adding your read 😁👏🏻! @Graciouswarriorprincess 😂😁👏🏻🙌🏻! 7y
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LitsyGoesPostal 😎👌🏻 7y
MrBook @Graciouswarriorprincess 😁👍🏻👍🏻 7y
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