"Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by James Loewen

Post date: Jan 15, 2016 12:10:25 AM

non-fiction from Terry

2007 ed. James Loewen (see his page) spent two years at the Smithsonian surveying twelve leading high school textbooks of American history only to find an embarrassing blend of bland optimism, blind nationalism, and plain misinformation, weighing in at an average of 888 pages and almost five pounds.