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Penny ColmanPublication Details
BookHenry Holt2008Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS CHILD LIT (LOWER) 394.264 C716t 2008 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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She examines numerous Thanksgiving claims which were antecedents to the national holiday we celebrate today, raises the turkey question?does everyone eat turkey on Thanksgiving??and shows Sarah Josepha Hale?s instrumental role in establishing the holiday. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Contents
- The "first Thanksgiving : four early claims in the 1500s - - The "first" Thanksgiving : six more claims in the 1600s
- Origins of our Thanksgiving : two very old traditions - - Sarah Josepha Hale’s campaign : "day of national Thanksgiving"
- The "pilgrim and Indian" story
- Gatherings : family and friends
- Activities : good deeds, parades, and football
- Food : turkey and lasagna
- Many meanings
ISBN
- 9780805082296
- 0805082298
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[...] consulted: Thanksgiving: the true story by Penny Coleman and Lies my teacher told me: everything your American history textbook got wrong [...]