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Thanksgiving is an American tradition, celebrating the coming of autumn, the bounty of the harvest, the peaceful coexistence of the Pilgrims and the Native Americans, football, family -- and, of course, the obligatory celebration feast. Here are 35 tales celebrating Thanksgiving in all its forms, by classic authors you know and love (O. Henry, Harriet Becher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne) and others who may be new to you.Included are:TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN, by O. HenryHENRY HERBERT'S THANKSGIVING, by W.H.H. MurrayJOHN NORTON'S THANKSGIVING PARTY, by W.H.H. MurrayANN MARY: HER TWO THANKSGIVINGS, by Mary Wilkins FreemanGRAND'THER BALDWIN’S THANKSGIVING, by Horatio AlgerSKINNY'S TURKEY DINNER, by Mary E. MarcyEZRA’S THANKSGIVIN' OUT WEST, by Eugene FieldWHO ATE THE DOLLY'S DINNER? by Isabel Gordon CurtisTHE KINGDOM OF THE GREEDY, by P. J. StahlTHANKFUL, by Mary Wilkins FreemanBEETLE RING'S THANKSGIVING MASCOT, by Sheldon C. StoddardMISTRESS ESTEEM ELLIOTT'S MOLASSES CAKE, by Kate Upson ClarkTHE FIRST THANKSGIVING, by Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. BallTHANKSGIVING AT TODD'S ASYLUM, by Winthrop PackardHOW WE KEPT THANKSGIVING AT OLDTOWN, by Harriet Beecher StoweWISHBONE VALLEY, by R. K. MunkittrickPATEM'S SALMAGUNDI, by E. S. BrooksMRS. NOVEMBER'S DINNER PARTY, by Agnes CarrTHE VISIT, by Maud LindsayBERT'S THANKSGIVING, by J. T. TrowbridgeJOHN INGLEFIELD'S THANKSGIVING, by Nathaniel HawthorneHOW OBADIAH BROUGHT ABOUT A THANKSGIVING, by Emily Hewitt LelandTHE WHITE TURKEY'S WING, by Sophie SwettTHE THANKSGIVING GOOSE, by Fannie Wilder BrownAN ENGLISH DINNER OF THANKSGIVING, by George EliotCHIP'S THANKSGIVING, by Annie Hamilton DonnellTHE MASTER OF THE HARVEST, by Mrs. Alfred Gatty