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by Richard Shenkman (Author) "CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S achieve were so great that people have been willing to believe almost anything about him, no matter how fantastic..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, United States, Declaration of Independence (more...)
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
This entertaining look at the myths Americans live by debunks everything from the sanctity of the Founding Fathers to the notion that concern for defendants' rights is a recent development. Shenkman, coauthor of One Night Stands with American History , begins with our presidents and disabuses readers of the idea that poor boys can grow up to occupy the White House (there have been few). He goes on to a multitude of subjects, including sex, war, the frontier, education, art, pointing out along the way that prostitution flourished in the Victorian era, that the defenders of the Alamo did not all perish in the battle and that in the antebellum South not all whites backed slavery. The book is occasionally eye-opening and always fun.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

New York Times Book Review
"Facts go only skin-deep, but they can prickle memorably, which is why books like this, disabusing us of our cherished bunk, are useful and fun."

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (June 19, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060972610
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060972615
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars 24 customer reviews (24 customer reviews)
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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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New York, United States, Declaration of Independence, American Revolution, Continental Congress, George Washington, South Carolina, White House, New England, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Henry Ford, Jefferson Davis, John Adams, Mother Goose, North America, Revolutionary War, Ronald Reagan, Carl Degler, Founding Fathers, Herbert Hoover, Liberty Bell, North Pole, Pearl Harbor, Theodore Roosevelt
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