Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

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A fully updated and revised edition of the book USA Today called "jim-dandy pop history," by the bestselling, American Book Award-winning author

"The most definitive and expansive work on the Lost Cause and the movement to whitewash history."
--Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans

From the author of the national bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, a completely updated--and more timely than ever--version of the myth-busting history book that focuses on the inaccuracies, myths, and lies on monuments, statues, national landmarks, and historical sites all across America.

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. This is a one-of-a-kind examination of historic sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. New changes and updates include:

- a town in Louisiana that was the site of a major but now-forgotten slave uprising

- a totally revised tour of the memory and intentional forgetting of slavery and the Civil War in Richmond, Virginia

- the hideout of a gang in Delaware that made money by kidnapping free blacks and selling them into slavery

Entertaining and enlightening, Lies Across America also has a serious role to play in contemporary debates about white supremacy and Confederate memorials.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Loewen, James W.
  • ISBN: 9781620974339
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.90 x 1.40
  • Number Of Pages: 480
  • Publication Year: 2019
Language: English

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  • Misconceptions corrected in small, easily digestible bites.

    Lauren S. - 5 years 2 months ago

    In Lies Across America, James Loewen attacks the historical inaccuracies of some 100 National and State monuments, sites and markers, some beloved, and some downright silly. His tone is straightforward, yet has a humorous edge. Loewen focuses mainly on disputing the romanticized representation of the Confederacy and corrects any instance proclaiming the "discovery" of areas where Native Americans already existed. I won't lie; this book took me a year to read. While entertaining, I found slogging through descriptions of site after site a bit tedious. However, the information is thoroughly researched and masterfully recounted. Loewen challenges us to resist the urge to take everything at face value. He teaches us to question the motives behind each individual marker placement and gives us the tools necessary to continue the historical detective work on our own. This book is a must-read, paired with your North Face and a protein bar so you can seek out these sites for yourself.

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