100 Years of 100 Things: How We Think About Thanksgiving

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 27, 2024

As our centennial series continues, Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much About History" series and most recently, The World in Books: 52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction (Scribner, 2024), reviews the history of the American Thanksgiving holiday and how it has changed over the past 100 years.

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