Loewen, James W.            <br/><br/>
Lies my teacher told me :  everything your American history textbook got wrong / 
James W. Loewen. 
 - 1st Touchstone ed. 
 - New York :  Simon & Schuster,  1996. 
 - 383 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - "A Touchstone book." . <br/><br/> Originally published: New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, c1995. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-375) and index. 
<br/><br/>Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making --<br/>1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus --<br/>Truth about the first Thanksgiving --<br/>Red eyes --<br/>"Gone with the wind": the invisibility of racism in American history textbooks --<br/>John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: the invisibility of antiracism in American history textbooks --<br/>Land of opportunity --<br/>Watching big brother: what textbooks teach about the federal government --<br/>Down the memory hole: the disappearance of the recent past --<br/>Progress is our most important product --<br/>Why is history taught like this? --<br/>What is the result of teaching history like this? 
<br/><br/> Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0684818868 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>9780684818863 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96020050 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indians of North America in textbooks.<br/>Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Textbooks.<br/>United States--Historiography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E175.85  / .L64 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973 Loe   15