{"product_id":"lies-my-teacher-told-me-everything-american-history-textbooks-get-wrong-james-w-loewen-hardcover","title":"Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong -- James W. Loewen, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNow adapted for young readers ages 12 through 18, the national bestseller that makes real American history come alive in all of its conflict, drama, and complexity\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLies My Teacher Told Me\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most important--and successful--history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship. Now Rebecca Stefoff, the acclaimed nonfiction children's writer who adapted Howard Zinn's bestseller \u003cem\u003eA People's History of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e for young readers, makes Loewen's beloved work available to younger students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssential reading in our age of fake news and slippery, sloppy history, \u003cem\u003eLies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers' Edition\u003c\/em\u003e cuts through the mindless optimism and outright lies found in most textbooks that are often not even really written by their \"authors.\" Loewen is, as historian Carol Kammen has said, the history teacher we all should have had. Beginning with pre-Columbian history and then covering characters and events as diverse as the first Thanksgiving, Helen Keller, the My Lai massacre, 9\/11, and the Iraq War, Loewen's lively, provocative telling of American history is a \"counter-textbook that retells the story of the American past\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis streamlined young readers' edition is rich in vivid details and quotations from primary sources that poke holes in the textbook versions of history and help students develop a deeper understanding of our world. \u003cem\u003eLies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers' Edition\u003c\/em\u003e brings this classic text to a new generation of readers (and their parents and teachers) who will welcome and value its honesty, its humor, and its integrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e James W. Loewen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.6\" H x 5.7\" L x 1.3\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781620974698\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023870247066,"sku":"9781620974698","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/3015\/4138\/files\/9781620974698.jpg?v=1774723334","url":"https:\/\/unclejonsbookfactory.com\/products\/lies-my-teacher-told-me-everything-american-history-textbooks-get-wrong-james-w-loewen-hardcover","provider":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}