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Lies My Teacher Told Me: What Your American History Teacher Got Wrong

✍ Scribed by Sarah Barker

Book ID
110618227
Year
2016
Tongue
English
Weight
126 KB
Category
Fiction
ASIN
B01GQMOS58

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✦ Synopsis

The history that you think you know and that which was taught in school is not necessarily history as it transpired.
Many events and characters in American history have been misrepresented, in classrooms, books, films, and folklore over the years until they have reached the point where they are accepted as true despite the fact that they are not. In other cases, events and actions have simply been overlooked or ignored, and events and characters are judged not by who or what they really were, but by the myths that now surround them. Often these misconceptions are based on political realities, and equally often many are ignored because of their potential disruptions to the overall American myth. Here are 10 examples of either unknown or misunderstood facts in American history.

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