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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it's only fitting that I should spend a little thought on our country's forebearers, the birth of our nation, why we gorge ourselves on turkey and pumpkin pie, etc., etc. . . And so you can imagine my complete delight when, while at the library to pick up a DVD for my students, I stumbled upon Tony Horwitz's newest book  and New York Times Bestseller, A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventures in Early America.