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<b>The American Book Award winner's long out-of-print, myth-busting poster book, sure to be of interest to the million-plus buyers of <i>Lies My Teacher Told Me</i>.</b><br> <br> In <i>Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus</i>, the bestselling author of <i>Lies My Teacher Told Me</i> offers a graphic corrective to the Columbus story told in so many American classrooms. First published over fifteen years ago and long out-of-print, the poster and accompanying paperback book sum up the mis-tellings—and reveal the real story—in a graphically appealing and accessible format.<br> <br> In vintage Loewen fashion, the poster juxtaposes short quotes from a range of high school textbooks currently in use today, with excerpts from primary sources that clearly show how textbooks have "lied" by knowingly substituting crowd-pleasing myths for grim and gruesome historical evidence.<br> <br> In fact, these textbooks intentionally omitted every important detail that we do know about Columbus's fateful voyage to the Americas. Among countless other facts, Loewen demonstrates that Columbus and his men were far from the first to set foot in the "New World," and that the peoples he encounter

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Author

Loewen, James W.

Publisher

New Press ; Signature Book Services [distributor

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565840089

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Reference, History

Rating

4.03 / 5 (193 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13