Thank You, Sarah
The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Print & ebook · October 1, 2005
From the author of Speak and Fever, 1793, comes the never-before-told tale of Sarah Josepha Hale, the extraordinary "lady editor" who made Thanksgiving a national holiday!
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- Who it’s for
- A boisterous slice of American history follows one editor’s decades-long push to revive Thanksgiving.
- Themes
- Perseverance, Civic activism, Thanksgiving history
- Genres
- Thanksgiving, Biographies of Women for Kids, 19th Century U.S.
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From the author of Speak and Fever, 1793, comes the never-before-told tale of Sarah Josepha Hale, the extraordinary "lady editor" who made Thanksgiving a national holiday! Thanksgiving might have started with a jubilant feast on Plymouth's shore. But by the 1800s America's observance was waning. None of the presidents nor Congress sought to revive the holiday.
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And so one invincible "lady editor" name Sarah Hale took it upon herself to rewrite the recipe for Thanksgiving as we know it today. This is an inspirational, historical, all-out boisterous tale about perseverance and belief: In 1863 Hale's thirty-five years of petitioning and orations got Abraham Lincoln thinking. He signed the Thanksgiving Proclamation that very year, declaring it a national holiday. This story is a tribute to Hale, her fellow campaigners, and to the amendable government that affords citizens the power to make the world a better place!
A Holiday Reclaimed
A boisterous slice of American history follows one editor’s decades-long push to revive Thanksgiving.
Come here for
- The surprising civic story behind a familiar holiday
- A portrait of persistence with a public purpose
Expect
- Lively historical storytelling, not a quiet commemorative tribute
- A reminder that citizens can press government to change
Where it sits
| 19th Century U.S. | 85% |
|---|---|
| Biographies of Women for Kids | 74% |
| Thanksgiving | 64% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Biographical Stories
- Girls & Young Women
- Thanksgiving Stories
- Authors
- Laurie Halse Anderson
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Published
- October 1, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Perseverance · Civic activism · Thanksgiving history
- Reading lane
- Biographical Stories