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LEGENDS LIES & CHERISHED MYTHS OF AMERICAN HISTORY by RICHARD SHENKMAN +TS+
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060972610
ISBN-13
9780060972615
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22283
Product Key Features
Book Title
Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of American History
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Social History, World, Essays, United States / General
Publication Year
1992
Features
Reprint
Genre
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
0.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
89-045163
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
A gold-mine for bar bettors....Shenkman's jam-packed grab-bag of topsy turvy Americana amuses and shocks." - Kirkus Reviews "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." - New York Times Book Review "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. 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." - Publishers Weekly "Mr. Shenkman leaves no hero untouched, no American value unsullied." - Wall Street Journal "A treasure trove....Shenkman shows the many ways myths have a rose-tinted past." - Los Angeles Times, "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." (New York Times Book Review)
Dewey Decimal
973
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
Everyone knows that Columbus discovered that the world was round, the pilgrims lived in log cabins, and America declared independence from England on July 4, 1776. Except for one thing -- none of those "facts" are true. Richard Shenkman, best-selling author of I Love Paul Revere and One-Night Stands with American History, reveals the truth behind our country's most popular -- and inaccurate -- lore in Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of American History. This entertaining look at the real history of the United States is full of surprising facts and anecdotes about the people and events that built America. Richard Shenkman is the New York Times best-selling author of five history books, including Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History and I Love Paul Revere. Educated at Vassar and Harvard, he is an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and the former managing editor of the news department at the CBS-TV affiliate in Seattle. He has been the host, writer, and producer of a prime-time series on the Learning Channel and a regular contributor to the NBC Sunday Today show."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." -- New York Times Book Review, The truth and nothing but the truth--Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends. The story of Columbus discovering 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 4th. 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., The truth and nothing but the truth Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends. The story of Columbus discovering 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 4th. 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. "
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E178.2
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