From the author of Speak and Fever, 1793, comes the
never-before-told tale of Sarah Josepha Hale, the extraordinary "lady
editor" who made Thanksgiving a national holiday!
Thanksgiving might have started with a jubilant feast on Plymouth's
shore. But by the 1800s America's observance was waning. None of the
presidents nor Congress sought to revive the holiday. And so one
invincible "lady editor" name Sarah Hale took it upon herself to rewrite
the recipe for Thanksgiving as we know it today. This is an
inspirational, historical, all-out boisterous tale about perseverance
and belief: In 1863 Hale's thirty-five years of petitioning and orations
got Abraham Lincoln thinking. He signed the Thanksgiving Proclamation
that very year, declaring it a national holiday. This story is a tribute
to Hale, her fellow campaigners, and to the amendable government that
affords citizens the power to make the world a better place!