Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday /

Baker, James W., 1926-

Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes. - Durham, N.H. : Hanover [N.H.] : University of New Hampshire Press ; Published by University Press of New England, c2009. - xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Revisiting New England : the new regionalism . - Revisiting New England. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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-- Thanksgivingunder siege -- Thanksgiving now, then, and forever.

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Thanksgiving Day--History.

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