The first Thanksgiving
Subtitle: what the real story tells us about loving God and learning from history
By: Robert Tracy McKenzie
Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Downers Grove, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780830825745
Subjects: Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony); Thanksgiving Day; Wampanoag Indians; Religious aspects; History
Description: Through the captivating story of the birth of this quintessentially American holiday, veteran historian Tracy McKenzie helps us to better understand the tale of America's origins--and for Christians, to grasp the significance of this story and those like it. McKenzie avoids both idolizing and demonizing the Pilgrims, and calls us to love and learn from our flawed yet fascinating forebears. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Looking underneath the house : the evidence the pilgrims left us; title: Remembering Odbody's axiom : the Pilgrim's historical contexts; title: Pursuing authentic education : thinking about what the pilgrims wanted; title: Finding heroes, not idols : following the Pilgrims to America; title: Seeing rhinos, not unicorns : the strangeness of the Pilgrims; title: Discarding false memories : the real story of the first Thanksgiving; title: Understanding revisionism : how the first Thanksgiving has changed over time; title: Receiving gifts from the past : the search for larger meaning.