Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

ISBN-10: 0613706471
ISBN-13: 9780613706476
Series: Lies My Teacher Told Me
Language: English
Published: 1995
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Author: James W. Loewen

Description

Why do so many Americans have little grasp of the ideas that shaped their nation? In this groundbreaking book, Loewen not only exposes the villain--textbooks that are embarrassing combinations of blind patriotism and outright lies--but reinstates suppressed information in a fascinating chronology. 26 photos.