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Format:

Book

Author:

Kiernan, Denise, author.

Title:

We gather together : stories of Thanksgiving from then to now / by Denise Kiernan.

Edition:

Young readers edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Philomel, [2023]

Description:

312 pages ; 22 cm

Summary:

"This young readers adaptation of the New York Times bestselling We Gather Together shares the true story of how Thanksgving became a national holiday and the way gratitude is looked at in America"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects:

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879 -- Juvenile literature.

Thanksgiving Day -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Holidays -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Women authors, American -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Holidays -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Women authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Gratitude -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Creative nonfiction.

Biographies.

Essais fictionnels.

Biographies.

Other Title:

We gather together (Young readers edition)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Keystone State, Eternal City -- And thus commenced... -- Evolution of gratitude -- Media Maven -- Presidents and proclamations -- Now more than ever -- To these bounties -- Of tragedy and gratitude -- On a Thursday in November -- Reasonable hopes -- A tradition in question -- My heartfelt prayer -- Pomp and changing circumstances -- Milestones and missteps -- The pain of evolution -- Choose gratitude -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

9780593404386

0593404386

Other Number:

1399429667

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

1040130

# Local items in:

0

# System items in:

0

Call Number:

j 394.264 Kiernan