- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: HarperPerennial; Reprint edition (Oct 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060972610
- ISBN-13: 978-0060972615
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.6 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,906,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sheds new light on old, time-honored myths and misconceptions of American history, setting the record straight on such historical subjects as presidents, holidays, heroes, and sex in history.
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S achieve were so great that people have been willing to believe almost anything about him, no matter how fantastic. Read the first page
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S achieve were so great that people have been willing to believe almost anything about him, no matter how fantastic. Read the first page
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Format:Paperback
The premise is good, but the book simply moves from topic to topic too quickly. The author seems to delight in pointing out these untrue myths and legends, and he is able to document these claims via footnotes and bibliography, but there is no in depth discussion of these myths. Instead the book is full of disjointed sentences which form very short chapters and then your on to the next topic. For a more scholarly approach to the same topic, try "Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by James Loewen
Format:Library Binding
As with most TV series you get statements with out support. So I tracked down the Richard Shenkiman book to get some background to the statements about American myths. I was not disappointed. It is as if he was reading this book on the TV with more graphic representations for the different media.
The book is worth reading. However the format may not be to some peoples liking as it is short choppy statements and the chapters are divided into subjects as, Discoverers and Inventors, Presidents, Sex, and Art.
There is a fair set of footnotes to lead you to further reading. You may need this as he sometimes stretches a point.
Final analysis, you are better off reading this to give a better perspective on reality. Read it to your kids and save them a lifetime of "Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History".
The book is worth reading. However the format may not be to some peoples liking as it is short choppy statements and the chapters are divided into subjects as, Discoverers and Inventors, Presidents, Sex, and Art.
There is a fair set of footnotes to lead you to further reading. You may need this as he sometimes stretches a point.
Final analysis, you are better off reading this to give a better perspective on reality. Read it to your kids and save them a lifetime of "Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History".
Format:Paperback
I agree with the reader from Atlanta. This book really IS superficial in a lot of ways, but I am not sure it was the author's intent to make this an in depth academic study in the first place. The contents certainly deliver on the title's promise. I used this book as a reader in a Japanese university English class precisely because it wasn't so daunting or detailed. The students loved it. One of them transferred elsewhere and went on to get an advanced degree in American history! I think Mr. Shenkman can take some credit for that.
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interesting; well researched
This book makes you initially hate the author for violating some sacred cows of history (such as, Davy Crockett surrenderedat the Alamo and did not die fighting off the hordes of... Read more
Published on 28 April 1998
Say it ain't so, Joe
Good, succinct destruction of historical myths, as we know them. His debunking of Caesar and Cleopatra or his revelations on Catherine The Great are wonderfully related with wit... Read more
Published on 10 April 1997
The real history behind traditional history
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