Topic: Sarah Hale

Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale (1788-1879) was a patriotic American who made her mark in the literary and publishing worlds. She went on to request that thanksgiving, which was already observed in various locations, be "made a National and fixed Union Festival," noting ...
Thank You, Sarah by Laurie Halse Anderson is the perfect picture book to read this time of year. The story, Thank You, Sarah, is about how Sarah Hale saved Thanksgiving. After writing countless letters and articles for thirty-eight years Sarah Hale had ...

Abstracts

Abstracts Rod Romesburg 1 The Fractal Nature of Gary Snyder's Mountains andRivers Without End This article employs the fractal as a template to uncover the complexity of Gary Snyder's poem cycleMountains and RiversWithout End. Tuning his work to the chords ...

5 Surprising Turkey Facts

Some 271 million turkeys will be raised in the United States this year, according to the National Turkey Federation, and a good number of them will be consumed on Thanksgiving, after which many Americans will loll about, overstuffed, sleepy and in many ...