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Author:

Loewen, James W., author.

Title:

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

Edition:

Young readers' edition.

Publisher:

The New Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xviii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States--History--Textbooks.
United States--Historiography.
Indians of North America in textbooks.
Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.
Racism in textbooks.

Other Authors:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

162097469X
9781620974698

LCCN:

2019007421

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

EAPA384 -- Beaman Community Memorial Library (Beaman)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)