7 best short stories – Thanksgiving Day

7 best short stories – Thanksgiving Day –

Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated toThanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well. Being the holiday that marks the opening of the Holiday Season, Thanksgiving is an important part of the identity and culture of North America.

Have fun with seven short stories selected by the critic August Nemo that bring all the atmosphere of union and gratitude of this date:

– An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott.
– Thankful by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
– Turkeys Turning The Tables by William Dean Howells.
– How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
– Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O. Henry.
– Three Thanksgiving Kisses by Edward Payson Roe.
– The First Thanksgiving by Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. Ball