Thanksgiving, an American Holiday
Publisher: Flying Chipmunk Publishing
Published: 2009-05-05
ISBN-13: 9781604597509
Description: Every autumn in school and home recurs the need for a collection of literature on Thanksgiving, an anthology comprehensive enough to include all the best that has been written about this intensely, and now uniquely, American holiday. This book brings to children of all ages all the best poems, essays, plays and stories of Thanksgiving. And its scope is yet wider.

Originally published in 1907 by Moffat, Yard and Company, "Thanksgiving: An American Holiday" gives a rapid view of the holiday's origin, its derivation from ancient festivals; its development, its spirit, and its significance.

Divided into five parts, Origin, Celebration, The Spirit of Thanksgiving, The Thanksgiving Season, and Exercises (small plays for children to present), "Thanksgiving: An American Holiday" is a snapshot of how our American Ancestors at the end of the nineteenth-century viewed this important holiday, its origins, and its American relevance. With over fifty authors, it includes such famous authors as Jane G. Austin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stower and Ralph Waldo Emerson.