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| Publisher | The New Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9781595589859 |
| ISBN 10 | 9781595589859 |
| Author | James W. Loewen |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | Some myths don't die, and lies are still being told about Christopher Columbus: that he “discovered” the Americas (not only was the land familiar to native inhabitants, but it had also been visited before by Europeans), that the land was sparsel |
| About the Author | James W. Loewen (1942–2021) was the bestselling and award-winning author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, Lies Across America, Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus, Sundown Towns, and Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers’ Edition (all from The New Press). He also wrote Teaching What Really Happened and The Mississippi Chinese: Between Black and White and edited The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader. He won the American Book Award, the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, the Spirit of America Award from the National Council for the Social Studies, and the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award. |
| Publication Date | 12 August 2014 |
| Number of Pages | 48 pages |
Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus: What Your History Books Got Wrong
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