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The First Thanksgiving

What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History

by Robert Tracy McKenzie

The Patheos Book Club features "The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning" by veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie, a guide to the interplay of historical thinking and Christian reflection on the meaning of the past for the present. | read more»

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The First Thanksgiving: About the Book and Author

The Pilgrims' celebration of the first Thanksgiving is a keystone of America's national and spiritual identity. Veteran historian Tracy McKenzie helps us to better understand the tale of America's origins and grasp the significance of this story and those like it. | read more »

Q&A with Tracy McKenzie

"The two most important things we have forgotten about the Pilgrims are also the two most elementary: how they understood Thanksgiving, and what they meant when they called themselves 'pilgrims.'" | read more »

Praise for The First Thanksgiving

"McKenzie's book is both an engaging account of New England's first Thanksgiving and an excellent introduction to how to think both critically and constructively about history. Read what author George Marsden and others are saying about The First Thanksgiving. | read more »

Why Studying "The First Thanksgiving" is Important: A Book Excerpt

More than with any other American holiday, we find in Thanksgiving the strands of national identity, religious heritage and historical memory, all inextricably interwoven. | read more »

Author Blog

Visit author Tracy McKenzie's blog, Faith and History, here. | read more »

Videos: McKenzie on Thanksgiving

Five short videos on five big ideas about our perspective on the early settlers, the first thanksgiving and the meaning of history. | read more »

Teacher's Guide

Request a free digital download of The First Thanksgiving Teacher's Guide. | read more »
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