Melanie Kirkpatrick

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  Thanksgiving

  The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience

  Melanie Kirkpatrick

  We all know the story of Thanksgiving. Or do we? This uniquely American holiday has a rich and little-known history beyond the famous Pilgrim feast of 1621.

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  Lady Editor

  Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the Modern American Woman

  Melanie Kirkpatrick

  For half a century Sarah Josepha Hale was the most influential woman in America. As editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, Hale was the leading cultural arbiter for the growing nation. Women (and many men) turned to her for advice on what to read, what to cook, how to behave, and—most important—what to think. Twenty years before the declaration of women’s rights in Seneca Falls, NY, Sarah Josepha Hale used her powerful pen to promote women’s right to an education, to work, and to manage their own money.

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  Thanksgiving

  The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience

  Melanie Kirkpatrick

  In Thanksgiving, award-winning author Melanie Kirkpatrick journeys through four centuries of history, giving us a vivid portrait of our nation’s best-loved holiday. Drawing on newspaper accounts, private correspondence, historical documents and cookbooks, Thanksgiving brings to life the full history of the holiday and what it has meant to generations of Americans.

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  Escape from North Korea

  The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad

  Melanie Kirkpatrick

  From the world’s most repressive state comes rare good news: the escape to freedom of a small number of its people. It is a crime to leave North Korea. Yet increasing numbers of North Koreans dare to flee.

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