Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Thanksgiving can be found in pop culture -- usually it's a good reason for a family to get together in a movie or TV show. It's a lot harder to find historical references. As a lover of the History Channel and other quasi documentary / educational channels, I always hope for a TV show about the various historical aspects of Thanksgiving, Plymouth, pilgrims and puritans.

Some movies:

Dear America: A Journey to the New World, based on the book of the same name;

Plymouth Adventure, with Spencer Tracy, Lloyd Bridges and Gene Tierney;

Mayflower: The Pilgrim's Adventure, with Anthony Hopkins.

Some books:

Constance by Patricia Clapp, a fictionalized account of the founding of Plymouth from Constance Hopkins' POV;

1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving by Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret Bruchac with the Plimoth Plantation (this is a gorgeous book)

A round up of links:

The History of Thanksgiving by The History Channel; (BTW, this is the only program I see THC running -- I don't see anything about the Pilgrims, Plymouth or the Mayflower.)

Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum with great information; is affiliated with the Smithsonian; and has an excellent book store;

Oyate: has resources about Thanksgiving myths and "books to avoid";

From the Boston Children's Museum, information on the Wampanoag Indians;

Snopes gets to the truth about the myths and legends of Thanksgiving

and a round-up of urban legends and myths of Thanksgiving.

Anyone else have a favorite they want to recommend?