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....