Author: Horace Elisha ScudderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Book four of the author's Bodleys books.
The Bodleys Afoot
Author: Horace Elisha ScudderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Book four of the author's Bodleys books.
The Chautauquan
Author: Theodore L. FloodSpecial Report Series
Author: Great Britain. Medical Research CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Transactions
Author: Colonial Society of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Pilgrim Memorials
Author: William Shaw RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Demorest's Monthly Magazine
Author: Celebrating Ethnicity and Nation
Author: Jürgen HeidekingPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571812377
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Arising out of the context of the re-configuration of Europe, new perspectives are applied by the authors of this volume to the process of nation-building in the United States. By focusing on a variety of public celebrations and festivities from the Revolution to the early twentieth century, the formative period of American national identity, the authors reveal the complex interrelationships between collective identities on the local, regional, and national level which, over time, shaped the peculiar character of American nationalism. This volume combines vivid descriptions of various public celebrations with a sophisticated methodological and theoretical approach.
American Poems
Author: Horace Elisha ScudderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Short Titles of Books Relating to Or Illustrating the History and Practice of Psalmody in the United States, 1620-1820
Author: James WarringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church music
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Thanksgiving
Author: Melanie KirkpatrickPublisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1641772131
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
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 pages—Washington, 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 Americans—North and South—to 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 story—the 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.