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This & That November 2019 It all started with the Pilgrims, but what progress we have made
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The History of Thanksgiving
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The biography of an American holiday by James W. BakerOpens with an overview of the popular mythos of the holiday before discussing its possible religious and cultural precedents. This classic Yankee holiday is examined in historical and contemporary detail that embraces everything from proclamations, sermons, and local and regional traditions to family reunions, turkey dinners, and recipes.
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Thanksgiving recipes and history, from Pilgrims to pumpkin pie by Kathleen CurtinTracing the history of the quintessentially American holiday, experts from the Plimoth Plantation living history museum reveal the real story of the first Thanksgiving, explore the origin and development of various holiday traditions, and furnish an assortment of recipes that range from appetizers to dessert.
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The Pilgrims & the myth of the first Thanksgiving by Godfrey HodgsonRefutes the legendary history of Thanksgiving by presenting a more authentic history of the Plymouth settlement, and explains the reasons behind the distortion of facts that gave rise to the holiday's traditions.
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The holiday at the heart of the American experience by Melanie KirkpatrickDrawing on newspaper accounts, private correspondence, historical documents, and cookbooks, Thanksgiving brings to life the full history of the holiday and what it has meant to generations of Americans.
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A time to remember by Barbara RaineyThe book revisits the Pilgrims' first festival of plenty, and is meant to be read aloud by families on Thanksgiving Day.
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An illustrated history by John Wesley ThomasShowcases illustrated magazine covers, postcards, stamps, prints, and newspaper pages that commemorate the holiday, along with a chronology that describes the events before, during, and after the first holiday celebration.
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And all the other trimmings by Fine CookingAn all-in-one guide to cooking a turkey as part of a full-course holiday meal presents more than one hundred foolproof recipes, along with step-by-step instructions and full-color photography, that cover everything from appetizers to desserts and features an in-depth guide to selecting, preparing, storing, and cooking a turkey.
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All you need to cook a foolproof dinner by Betty CrockerA hands-on guide to preparing the ultimate Thanksgiving meal includes instructions for preparing 130 of Betty Crocker's best holiday recipes, with twelve different holiday menus, cooking preparation tips, entertaining advice, and more.
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William Sonoma Collection by Michael McLaughlinOffers easy-to-follow instructions for making a complete Thanksgiving dinner, including recipes for salads, soups, the main course, dressings, stuffings, breads, vegetables, relishes, potatoes, and desserts.
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Thanksgiving Entertaining by Lou Seibert Pappas Equal parts cookbook and how-to manual, it presents five menus for entertaining over the Thanksgiving weekend, including three distinctive ideas for the holiday feast. In addition to the nearly fifty recipes, there are step-by-step instructions for decorating your home, setting an attractive table, and making a variety of festive drinks, all illustrated with color photographs.
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Thanksgiving Night by Richard BauschEncumbered with the challenges of his bookstore and his wife's high-school teaching career, Will Butterfield fears he will soon reach the end of his patience with his wildly eccentric mother and aunt, a situation that is both lightened and complicated by new friendships with the local handyman and his own chaotic family.
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One Night @ the Call Center by Chetan BhagatOn Thanksgiving evening, at a call center in India, a colorful cast of twenty-something characters--lovelorn Sam, pining team member Priyanka, who has just dumped him; Vroom, who is out to change the world; and Raidkha, dealing with her husband's affair--struggles its way through scripted calls, until God gets on the phone.
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A Catered Thanksgiving by Isis CrawfordWhen the beautiful Thanksgiving turkey they prepared blows up in their client's face, sending Monty Field to the great dining room in the sky, sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons must convince the Field family that they are not responsible and whip up the real killer.
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When Megan Murphy discovered a floppy-eared rabbit gnawing on the hem of her skirt, she meant to give its careless owner a piece of her mind, but Dr. Patrick Hunter was too attractive to stay mad at for long. Soon the two are making Thanksgiving dinner for their families.
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Start Without Me by Joshua Max FeldmanA recovering alcoholic struggling with esteem issues while trying to return home for Thanksgiving and a pregnant flight attendant from a racially torn family forge an unlikely bond over the course of a day marked by fragile emotions, past reckonings and important decisions about their futures.
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Turkey Trot Murder by Leslie MeierAn uneventful Thanksgiving season is shattered by the overdose-related death of a wealthy investor's daughter, a tragedy that Lucy Stone links to the possible schemes of the victim's pregnant stepmother.
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And of course the parade...
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A celebration of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by Stephen MaddenText and photographs provide a history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, discussing the tradition's beginning as a suggestion in 1924 by a group of Macy's employees to details of the floats, memorable balloons, the Radio City Rockettes, and notable parade happenings.
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