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Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes.
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| Authors: |
Baker, James W.
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| Call number: |
394.2649 BAK |
| Publisher: |
Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England, c2009. |
| Publication date: |
c2009. |
| Subject: |
Thanksgiving Day -- History.
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| Series title: |
Revisiting New England.
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| Title: |
Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes. |
| Physical description: |
xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| 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. |
| Summary note: |
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. |
| Biography note: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781584658016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1584658010 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| LCCN: |
2009012348 |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1227178
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| Bib No.: |
1227178 |
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