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The First Thanksgiving

What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History

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The First Thanksgiving

By: Robert Tracy McKenzie
Narrated by: N. Rezin Crawford
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Foreword Book of the Year Award Finalist

The Pilgrims' celebration of the first Thanksgiving is a keystone of America's national and spiritual identity. But is what we've been taught about them or their harvest feast what actually happened? And if not, what difference does it make?

Through the captivating story of the birth of this quintessentially American holiday, veteran historian Tracy McKenzie helps us to better understand the tale of America's origins—and for Christians, to grasp the significance of this story and those like it. McKenzie avoids both idolizing and demonizing the Pilgrims, and calls us to love and learn from our flawed yet fascinating forebears.

The First Thanksgiving is narrative history at its best, and promises to be an indispensable guide to the interplay of historical thinking and Christian reflection on the meaning of the past for the present.

©2013 Robert Tracy McKenzie (P)2022 Tantor Christianity History Social Sciences Tradition Thanksgiving Middle Ages
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Loving hearing this historic account of Thanksgiving. Highly recommend it for any history lover. You won’t be disappointed

Fantastic history

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Tracy McKenzie is a great teacher of history. This little book, conceived primarily for Christian believers but applicable to all, helps separate myth from fact regarding the First Thanksgiving and the pilgrims. very interesting and accessible, it cautions against imposing our experiences and preconceptions on events and people I the past and helps lay out principles to follow to think Christianly about history.

The narrator was not particularly good. at times he seemed positively mocking or sarcastic and there were a surprising b
number of completely mispronounced words, e.g, "treatise" read as "treet-ice."

Excellent, concise book about history, truth, and how to hold both together

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The historical portion of the book is interesting. When it comes to the theological commentary along the way and the final theological application, the author seems out of his element. He seems to struggle to develop theological insights to add to the raw historical data. The book would be improved by replacing the historian’s untrained theological commentary with the carefully crafted insights of a trained theologian or pastor.

most of it is enjoyable

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