Thanksgiving – Historical Perspective

GMU economist Tyler Cowen - An American Thanksgiving Story Without Any Heroes

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-11-26/thanksgiving-2019-u-s-treatment-of-native-americans-is-shameful

A good single volume history of the US:

These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore

https://www.amazon.com/These-Truths-History-United-States/dp/0393357422/