Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong (Revised, Updated)

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 up