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Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) History Gratitude Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell 1788-1879 Official secrets United States History 20th century Thanksgiving Day History Uranium enrichment History 20th century Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser 1873-1958 Vanderbilt, George Washington 1862-1914 World War, 1939-1945 Tennessee Oak Ridge World War, 1939-1945 Women Tennessee Oak RidgeKiernan, Denise
Summary: "All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2649 KIEKiernan, Denise
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating story of America's national day of thanks and of the tenacious and inspiring Sarah Josepha Hale, a nineteenth-century woman who made establishing this holiday her life's mission-one brought to fruition by the wise support of Abraham Lincoln"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.2649 KIEKiernan, Denise.
Summary: Looks at the valuable contributions made by the thousands of women who worked at a secret uranium-enriching facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 976.873 KIRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.873 KIRCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom KiernanKiernan, Denise
Summary: Documents the story of the Gilded Age mansion Biltmore, tracing George Vanderbilt's construction of his European-style estate and the efforts of his bride, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, to become its protector in the face of changing fortunes and times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017