Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday

Summary: In this [book, the author] sweeps away lingering myths and misconceptions to show how Thanksgiving was born and grew to be an essential part of our national spirit. -Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 1584658010 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781584658016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
print
Publisher: Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A thanksgiving detective story -- New England's Puritan holy days -- The traditional New England Thanksgiving -- The classic New England Thanksgiving dinner -- The nation embraces Thanksgiving, 1780-1880 -- Nineteenth-century holiday imagery in literature and art -- Enter the Pilgrims -- Pilgrims are for kids : Thanksgiving in the progressive classroom -- Imaging the holiday -- Parades, patriotism, and consumption -- Consensus and competition : the postwar Thanksgiving -- New myths for old-- Thanksgiving under siege -- Thanksgiving now, then, and forever -- A Thanksgiving Poem by Henry Bliss -- Some early Thanksgiving recipes -- United American Indiands of New England press release.