Online SWAN Catalog

Migrations and Immigration

Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration by James R. Grossman
977.3/GRO

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
304.8/WIL

New Americans: An Oral History: Immigrants and Refugees in the U.S. Today by Ali Santoli
325.73/SAN

Because I Don’t Have Wings: Stories of Mexican Immigrant Life by Philip Garrison
305.868/GAR

Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
305.23/NAZ

The Black Man Comes to the City: A Documentary from the Great Migration to the Great Depression by Robert B. Grant
301.451/GRA

The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations by Ira Berlin
973.0496/BER

American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction by David A. Gerber
304.8/GER

Mexican Chicago by Rita Arias Jirasek
977.311/JIR

Thanksgiving and Its History

Family Celebrations at Thanksgiving and Alternatives to Halloween by Ann Hibbard
249/HIB

Celebrate Thanksgiving! by Jay Harris
394.2683/HAR

Thanksgiving: An American Holiday by Diana Karter Appelbaum
394.2683/APP

Holidays: Receipts, Gifts, Decorations, Thanksgiving, Christmas by Martha Stewart
641.568/STE

Holiday Crafts Under $10 from Leisure Arts
745.5/HOL

King James VI of Scotland, I of England by Antonia Fraser
921/JAM

The Pilgrims by Francis Dillon
973.22/DIL

Mayflower Remembered: A History of the Plymouth Pilgrims by Crispin Gill
973.2/GIL

Chicago History

Bridges of Memory: Chicago’s First Wave of Black Migration by Timuel D. Black
977.3/BLA

Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait by Melvin G. Holli
305.8/ETH

Bronzeville: Black Chicago in Pictures, 1941-1943 by Maren Stange
977.311/BRO

Biographies

Cut from Whole Cloth: An Immigrant Experience by Richard J. Franke
921/FRA

The Rhythm of Success by Emilio Estefan
650.1/EST

Food

The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother by Jeff Smith
641.59/SMI

Turkey and Duck Menus from Time Life Books
641.665/TUR

Poultry from Time Life Books
641.665/POU

Youth Services

The Color of Home by Mary Hoffman
E/HOF

Thanksgiving Wish by Michael J. Rosen
E/ROS

How Many Days to America: A Thanksgiving Story by Eve Bunting
E/BUN

Coming to America: The Story of Immigration by Betsy Maestro
J/304.873/MAE

My Diary from Here to There/ Mi Diario de Aqui Hasta Alla by Amada Irma Perez
J/PER

A Picnic in October by Eve Bunting
E/BUN

Bound for America: The Story of the European Immigrants by Milton Meltzer
J/325.73/MEL

Hasty Pudding, Johnnycakes, and Other Good Stuff Coking in Colonial America by Loretta Frances Ichord
J/641.59/ICH

Celebrate Thanksgiving with Turkey, Family, and Counting Blessings by Deborah Heiligman
J/394.264/HEI

Audiovisual Materials

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles starring Steve Martin, John Candy, and Kevin Bacon
DVD/COMEDY/PLA 2041

Roots starring Maya Angelou, LeVar Burton, and Edward Asner
DVD/DRAMA/ROO 2175

Thanksgiving: A Windham Hill Collection distributed by BGM Entertainment
CD/HOLIDAY/THA

Pieces of April starring Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, and Derek Luke
DVD/COMEDY/PIE 299

Cooking with B. Smith and Friends with Barbara Smith
DVD/SPECIAL INTEREST/COO 1921

Jack and Jill starring Adam Sandler
DVD/COMEDY/JAC 3169