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- Potter , David M. 1954 . People of Plenty: Economic Abundance and the American Character , Chicago : University of Chicago Press .
- James O. Robertson's discussion of the Thanksgiving story in his American Myth, American Reality New York Hill & Wang , 1980 ), pp. 15 – 18 .
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- Zelinsky . Nation Into State 81
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- 1900 . ‘A Historic Game of Football’ . Youth's Companion , 74 : 625 – 6 .
- 1887 . ‘Yale Wins the Pennant’ . New York Daily Tribune , 25 Nov. : 1 – 2 .
- 1887 . ‘This Week in Society: Football and Thanksgiving Items’, and ‘She Goes to Football’ . New York Daily Tribune , 27 Nov.
- 1893 . ‘The Crimson Triumphs’ . Atlanta Journal , 1 Dec. : 3
- 1895 . Chicago Tribune , 29 Nov. : 13
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- Rooney , John F. 1974 . A Geography of American Sport: From Cabin Creek to Anaheim , 38 – 42 . Reading : Addison‐Wesley .
- Reed's , Herbert . 1916 . ‘The Big Game’ . Independent , 88 observations
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- 1910 . New York Times , 25 Nov.
- 1914 . New York Times , 27 Nov. : 8
- 1919 . Chicago Daily Tribune , 28 Nov. : 10
- 1919 . Examiner's coverage , 25 Nov.‐1 Dec.
- Moss , Edward Bayard . 1912 . ‘The Eve of the Big Football Game’ . Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper , 14 Nov. : 494
- Benjamin , Park . 1903 . ‘Public Football vs. Naval Education: In Defense of the Naval Academy’ . Independent , 55 : 2777 – 9 .
- Ruhl , Arthur . 1907 . ‘The Army‐and‐Navy Game’ . Outing Magazine , 49 : 305 – 6 . 308
- 1919 . New York Times , 23 Nov.
- Painter's , Nell Irvin . 1987 . Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877–1919 , 344 – 80 . New York : W. W. Norton .
- 1926 . New York Times , 28 Nov.
- Wilson , Warren H. 1892 . ‘College Department’ . Young Men's Era , 18 : 1554