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TexasTowelie

(116,809 posts) Mon Jan 16, 2023, 11:51 PM Jan 2023

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New book 'Myth America' examines misinformation in U.S. history - PBS NewsHour

In a new book, Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer assemble a team of fellow historians to push back on what they see as the biggest myths and rampant misinformation about major issues facing this country and some of its most defining moments. They sat down with Geoff Bennett to talk about their new edited collection, “Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past.”

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New book 'Myth America' examines misinformation in U.S. history - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2023 OP

It sounds like it could deserve a spot on the shelf next to yonder Jan 2023 #1

I'm reading something similar now Bayard Jan 2023 #2

yonder

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1. It sounds like it could deserve a spot on the shelf next to

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2023, 12:02 AM

Jan 2023

Howard Zinn's tome "A Peoples History of the United States".

Bayard

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2. I'm reading something similar now

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2023, 12:33 AM

Jan 2023

"Lies My Teacher Told Me--Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong." James W. Loewen.

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