Thanksgiving is an American tradition, celebrating the coming of autumn, the bounty of the harvest, the peaceful coexistence of the Pilgrims and the Native Americans, football, family -- and, of course, the obligatory celebration feast. Here are 35 tales celebrating Thanksgiving in all its forms, by classic authors you know and love (O. Henry, Harriet Becher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne) and others who may be new to you.
Included are:
TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN, by O. Henry
HENRY HERBERT'S THANKSGIVING, by W.H.H. Murray
JOHN NORTON'S THANKSGIVING PARTY, by W.H.H. Murray
ANN MARY: HER TWO THANKSGIVINGS, by Mary Wilkins Freeman
GRAND'THER BALDWIN’S THANKSGIVING, by Horatio Alger
SKINNY'S TURKEY DINNER, by Mary E. Marcy
EZRA’S THANKSGIVIN' OUT WEST, by Eugene Field
WHO ATE THE DOLLY'S DINNER? by Isabel Gordon Curtis
THE KINGDOM OF THE GREEDY, by P. J. Stahl
THANKFUL, by Mary Wilkins Freeman
BEETLE RING'S THANKSGIVING MASCOT, by Sheldon C. Stoddard
MISTRESS ESTEEM ELLIOTT'S MOLASSES CAKE, by Kate Upson Clark
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING, by Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. Ball
THANKSGIVING AT TODD'S ASYLUM, by Winthrop Packard
HOW WE KEPT THANKSGIVING AT OLDTOWN, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
WISHBONE VALLEY, by R. K. Munkittrick
PATEM'S SALMAGUNDI, by E. S. Brooks
MRS. NOVEMBER'S DINNER PARTY, by Agnes Carr
THE VISIT, by Maud Lindsay
BERT'S THANKSGIVING, by J. T. Trowbridge
JOHN INGLEFIELD'S THANKSGIVING, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
HOW OBADIAH BROUGHT ABOUT A THANKSGIVING, by Emily Hewitt Leland
THE WHITE TURKEY'S WING, by Sophie Swett
THE THANKSGIVING GOOSE, by Fannie Wilder Brown
AN ENGLISH DINNER OF THANKSGIVING, by George Eliot
CHIP'S THANKSGIVING, by Annie Hamilton Donnell
THE MASTER OF THE HARVEST, by Mrs. Alfred Gatty
A THANKSGIVING DINNER, by Edna Payson Brett
TWO OLD BOYS, by Pauline Shackleford Colyar
A THANKSGIVING DINNER THAT FLEW AWAY, by Hezekiah Butterworth
MON-DAW-MIN, OR THE ORIGIN OF INDIAN CORN, by H. R. Schoolcraft
A MYSTERY IN THE KITCHEN, by Olive Thorne Miller
AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING, by Rose Terry Cooke
1800 AND FROZE TO DEATH, by C. A. Stephens
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