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Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong Cover Image Book Book

Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong / James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff.

Loewen, James W., (author.). Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951- (writer of adaptation.). Loewen, James W. Adaptation of (work): Lies my teacher told me. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781620974698
  • ISBN: 162097469X
  • Physical Description: xviii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Young readers' edition.
  • Publisher: New York : The New Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : Why I wrote this book -- and other questions answered -- The problem with making heroes -- What did Columbus really do? -- The truth about the first Thanksgiving -- Through red eyes -- Invisible racism -- John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and invisible idealism -- The land of opportunity -- Keeping an eye on the government -- Seeing no evil in Vietnam -- The disappearance of the recent past -- History and the future -- Does this way of teaching history work? -- Afterword : The future lies ahead -- and what to do about them.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 12-18.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at York County Libraries.

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