1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving

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In cooperation with the Plimoth Plantation, a living-history museum in Massachusetts, National Geographic has recreated the first Thanksgiving. Photographs by National Geographic photographers of the recreation at Plimoth Plantation illustrate this book. In 1621, in a small settlement on the edge of the sea, 52 English colonists celebrated their first harvest. The colonists were joined by 90 men of the Wampanoag tribe for a gathering that was to last three days in a town now known as Plymouth. Over the centuries,...
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In cooperation with the Plimoth Plantation, a living-history museum in Massachusetts, National Geographic has recreated the first Thanksgiving. Photographs by National Geographic photographers of the recreation at Plimoth Plantation illustrate this book. In 1621, in a small settlement on the edge of the sea, 52 English colonists celebrated their first harvest. The colonists were joined by 90 men of the Wampanoag tribe for a gathering that was to last three days in a town now known as Plymouth. Over the centuries, there have been countless versions of this story, creating a popular myth of the first Thanksgiving. Many Americans imagine brave, peaceful settlers inviting a few wild Indians over for a turkey dinner. But there was no pumpkin pie or cranberry sauce at this celebration. There were no Indians with woven blankets over their shoulders and large feathered headdresses. No pilgrims with somber black clothes and silver buckle hats either. The English didn't even call themselves Pilgrims. This book puts aside that myth and takes a new look at our American history. It questions what we know and recovers lost voices of the Wampanoag people. True history includes the voices of all its participants. 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving invites young people to read, listen, and think about our shared history. The book also features a foreword, a section on the actual reenactment and the concept of living history, a chronology, an index, and a bibliography.
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A single passage in a 17th-century letter was the root of Thanksgiving, but legends about the holiday extend far beyond its historical origins. When most Americans think of Thanksgiving, images of brave, peaceful Pilgrim settlers, wild Indians, and festive turkey dinners pop into our heads. 1621 presents a different, more historically accurate picture. Utilizing the resources of Plimoth Plantation museum project, coauthors Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret M. Bruchac describe the realities of Native American and European settler interactions. A fascinating revisionist history of a quintessential American holiday.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780792261391
  • Publisher: National Geographic Society
  • Publication date: 10/1/2004
  • Series: I Am American
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 48
  • Sales rank: 466,208
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Product dimensions: 8.56 (w) x 10.86 (h) x 0.14 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword 7
Introduction: A Bountiful Harvest 9
People of the First Light 11
Hampanoag Language 15
Colonizing the New World 17
Wampanoag Diplomacy 22
Making a Myth 27
The Harvest 29
The Land's Plenty 34
Giving Thanks 37
Evolution of a Holiday 40
Conclusion: A Broken Peace 43
Appendix Bringing the Past to Life 44
Chronology 46
Bibliography & Index 47
Credits 48
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    1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving details the true story behind the harvest celebration at Plymouth Plantation that would become celebrated in the 19th century as the "first Thanksgiving" and became the prototype of the holiday that we celebrate every year. 1621 does a good job presenting the information for young readers and highlights the Native population and the impact that European contact had. The photographs were taken at the 2000 reenactment of the harvest celebration and gives a sense of what these events would have looked like.

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