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

By James W. Loewen

Book Overview

Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684818868
• ISBN13: 9780684818863
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Touchstone
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

interesting....if resources only refer to other resources that aren't original documents than it is

After reading David Barton (an american historian, who has many of the original written diaries of the first pilgrims) His work on the pilgrims,the first Americans and other well documented American events.I found this book's history ....so recommend proceeding with caution in regards to any history claims.

We were taught lies!

It is amazing how badly educated we are.. I'm in my fifties and thought I had a better education than my kids, no.. I was lied to as well! And not just about race, everything from the beginning of this country forward! It's sad that our history is not actually taught. Now I see that history is repeating itself, actual real history. Thank you to this author for digging deep and finding the truth and sharing it with the rest of us.

I've been mislead

This book is eye opening. I had no idea how incorrect the United States history was that I'd been taught. Just the subject about Thanksgivings origins makes my stomach turn. I'm quite glad I bought this book. It has an extensive bibliography at the end of the book I will use for future reading.

Learning true history. Real history.

Great book. Very knowledgeable. Finally nice to read the real history.