Baker, James W. <br/><br/>
Thanksgiving :  the biography of an American holiday / 
James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes. 
 - Durham, N.H. :  Hanover [N.H.] :  University of New Hampshire Press ;  Published by University Press of New England,  c2009. 
 - xii, 273 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Revisiting New England : the new regionalism .
 - Revisiting New England. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index. 
<br/><br/>A thanksgiving detective story -- New England's Puritan holy days -- The traditional New England Thanksgiving -- The classic New England Thanksgiving dinner -- The nation embraces Thanksgiving, 1780-1880 -- Nineteenth-century holiday imagery in literature and art -- Enter the Pilgrims -- Pilgrims are for kids : Thanksgiving in the progressive classroom -- Imaging the holiday -- Parades, patriotism, and consumption -- Consensus and competition : the postwar Thanksgiving -- New myths for old-- Thanksgiving under siege -- Thanksgiving now, then, and forever. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781584658016 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1584658010 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009012348 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Thanksgiving Day--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GT4975  / .B33 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>394.264909