Thanksgiving: The Biography of an American Holiday

Contents

Contents Foreword Thanksgiving in America, by Peter J. Gomes ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction A Thanksgiving Detective Story 1 Chapter 1 New England’s Puritan Holy Days 14 Chapter 2 The Traditional New England Thanksgiving 31 Chapter 3 The Classic New England Thanksgiving Dinner 46 Chapter 4 The Nation Embraces Thanksgiving, 1780–1880 62 Chapter 5 Nineteenth-Century Holiday Imagery in Literature 78 and Art Chapter 6 Enter the Pilgrims 98 Chapter 7 Pilgrims Are for Kids: Thanksgiving in the 115 Progressive Classroom Chapter 8 Imaging the Holiday 129 Chapter 9 Parades, Patriotism, and Consumption 145 Chapter 10 Consensus and Competition: The Postwar 165 Thanksgiving Chapter 11 New Myths for Old—Thanksgiving under Siege 183 Chapter 12 Thanksgiving Now, Then, and Forever 201 Appendix 1 A Thanksgiving Poem by Henry Bliss 219 Appendix 2 Some Early Thanksgiving Recipes 230 Appendix 3 United American Indians of New England 233 Press Release Notes 235 Bibliography 259 Index 267 ...