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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
[In this volume, the author] returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay - a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences. With the combination of humor and erudition that has distinguished her as one of our finest essayists, [she] draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions: from her slightly sinister childhood enthusiasm for catching butterflies...
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."--
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