Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.

Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.

Our national holidays have been trivialized by merchandising, consumerism, and long weekends. What do you know about the origins of the national holidays of the

Folklore has been described as the unwritten literature of a culture: its songs, stories, sayings, games, rituals, beliefs, and ways of life. Encyclopedia of Am

Spanning more than 400 years of America's past, this book brings together, for the first time, entries on the ways Americans have mythologized both the many war