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    Sarah Gives Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday
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    Sarah Gives Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday
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    Sarah Gives Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday

    By Mike Allegra and David Gardner

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    About this ebook

    During the nineteenth century, Sarah Josepha Hale dedicated her life to making Thanksgiving a national holiday, all while raising a family and becoming a groundbreaking writer and women's magazine editor. Sarah Hale's inspiring story, accompanied by luscious watercolor illustrations, tells the tale of one woman who wouldn't take no for an answer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlbert Whitman & Company
    Release dateSep 1, 2012
    ISBN9780807572405
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    Sarah Gives Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday
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    Mike Allegra

    Mike Allegra is a journalist, playwright, and magazine editor. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and son. On Thanksgiving, he always asks for the drumstick.

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    • 5/5
      I'm so impressed -- a thanksgiving book that doesn't wander into culturally insensitive territory, and instead celebrates the strong willed and talented woman who got it declared a national holiday. Great job, I say! Good illustrations, a solid story and emotional depth. Not what we have come to expect from the run of the mill picture book.