Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of American History
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- Synopsis
- *The story that Columbus discovered that the world was round was invented by Washington Irving. * The pilgrims never lived in log cabins. *In Concord, Massachusetts,a third of all babies born in the twenty years before the Revolution were conceived out of wedlock. *Washington may have never told a lie, but he loved to drink and dance, and he fell in love with his best friend s wife. * Independence wasn't declared on July 4 (and the Liberty Bell was so little regarded that Philadelphia tried to sell it for scrap metal but nobody wanted it). * There's no evidence that anyone died in a frontier shootout at high noon. * After World War II, the U.S. Government concluded that Japan would have surrendered within months, even if we had not bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "Richard Shenkman has done a superb job of uncovering our most cherished myths.
- Copyright:
- 1988
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 204 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 05/27/04
- Copyrighted By:
- Richard Shenkman
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Pam Quinn
- Proofread By:
- Deborah Murray
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.