Lies, Lies, Lies!

After reading a chapter of James Loewen’s Lies Across America, I remembered how much I enjoyed Loewen and his writing. In an American history seminar class during my undergrad, I read his book Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, which was awesome. Yes, Loewen is very biased, but his book was so enjoyable. It was very interesting and read like a novel, something any non-historian (or historian!) can get behind! If you’re interested in checking it out (which you totally should), read my synopsis after the jump to see if it’s something you’d enjoy. Continue reading