Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get WrongSimon & Schuster, 2000 - 480 páginas "In Lies Across America," James W. Loewen continues his mission, begun in the award-winning "Lies My Teacher Told Me," of overturning the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. "Lies Across America" is a one-of-a-kind examination of sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. With one hundred entries, drawn from every state, Loewen reveals that: The USS Intrepid, the "feel-good" war museum, celebrates its glorious service in World War II but nowhere mentions the three tours it served in Vietnam. The Jefferson Memorial misquotes from the Declaration of Independence and skews Thomas Jefferson's writings to present this conflicted slaveowner as an outright abolitionist. Abraham Lincoln had been dead for thirty years when his birthplace cabin was built! "Lies Across America" is a reality check for anyone who has ever sought to learn about America through our public sites and markers. Entertaining and enlightening, it is destined to change the way we see our country. |
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... Texas draftees into battle east of the Mississippi , far from Texas , after promising not to . We can learn what happened next from a Texas historical marker , " The Great Hanging at Gainesville , 1862 , " located about six blocks east ...
... Texas draftees into battle east of the Mississippi , far from Texas , after promising not to . We can learn what happened next from a Texas historical marker , " The Great Hanging at Gainesville , 1862 , " located about six blocks east ...
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... Texas . By 1884 its population was 50 , all white , and it has remained all white ever since . A coal discovery shortly before 1900 led to a population boom . According to Alba historian Saundra Burge , " There [ were ] people of many ...
... Texas . By 1884 its population was 50 , all white , and it has remained all white ever since . A coal discovery shortly before 1900 led to a population boom . According to Alba historian Saundra Burge , " There [ were ] people of many ...
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... TEXAS Galveston Texas has nearly 12,000 historical markers — far more than any other state . When I remarked about this to various Texas officials , they shrugged as if to say , " Well , we've had more history ! " But Texas hasn't ...
... TEXAS Galveston Texas has nearly 12,000 historical markers — far more than any other state . When I remarked about this to various Texas officials , they shrugged as if to say , " Well , we've had more history ! " But Texas hasn't ...
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In What Ways Were We Warped? | 15 |
Some Functions of Public History | 23 |
THE FAR WEST | 51 |
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Lies Across America: What American Historic Sites Get Wrong James W. Loewen Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
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