This book was referenced as a source where the narrator shared an image from the author's website illustrating the moment buying pumpkins became popular, and where the author explained how the pumpkin became a distinctly rural symbol as the Industrial Revolution moved people to cities.
An image which historian Cindy Ott shared in her book, Pumpkin. A curious history and American icon.
— Episode: The Sleepy History of Jack O’Lanterns
Episode: The Sleepy History of Jack O’Lanterns
This book was referenced as a source where the narrator shared an image from the author's website illustrating the moment buying pumpkins became popular, and where the author explained how the pumpkin became a distinctly rural symbol as the Industrial Revolution moved people to cities.
An image which historian Cindy Ott shared in her book, Pumpkin. A curious history and American icon.
Pumpkin expert Cindy Ott fills in some interesting details about how immigrants and their jack-o'-lanterns transitioned from using the humble root vegetable to preferring the big orange pumpkin.