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Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus: What Your History Books Got Wrong Paperback – August 12, 2014

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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 sparsely populated by native people (there were fourteen million inhabitants in 1492), that those people were primitive (Europeans learned a lot and gained technology and agricultural skill from Native Americans), and that they submitted to Columbus's “God-like” authority (they submitted to the deadly smallpox and bubonic plague that Columbus's crew imported from Europe).

Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus disproves the myths about Columbus still enshrined in American textbooks with quotations from primary source material that sets the record straight. The poster and accompanying 48–;page paperback book sum up the mistellings―and reveal the real story―in a graphically appealing and accessible format that shows the degree to which textbooks have “lied” by knowingly substituting crowd-pleasing myths for grim and gruesome historical evidence.
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Praise for the previous edition of Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus:

"A perfect antidote for the nonsense about Columbus conveyed to our children for generations."
―Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

"Absolutely indispensable for at least the next hundred years. This book is a real Discovery and a real Exploration."
―Ariel Dorfman, Walter Hines Page Chair of Literature and Latin American Studies, Duke University

"Every teacher in America could benefit by reading this fine work."
―Bill Bigelow, co-editor, Rethinking Columbus

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.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1595589856
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The New Press; Revised edition (August 12, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781595589859
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1595589859
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.25 x 10 inches
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James W. Loewen is the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and Lies Across America. He is a regular contributor to the History Channel's History magazine and is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont. He resides in Washington, D.C.

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Garrett
5.0 out of 5 stars The truth about the history of African participation and respect pre-American slavery.
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020
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I enjoy literature that tells the TRUTH about greatness of African societies. The legacy of African people IS NOT SLAVERY IN AMERICA!! Africans were great contributors to society in Biblical times and were respected for their greatness. My grandchildren and great grandchild can read a history that was passed down to me from my ancestors.
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Clark M Peters
5.0 out of 5 stars short, to the point critique
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2013
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Kind of a "two themes in one" analysis - the brutality and impact of the Columbus voyage and its aftermath on the millions of Americans already living in the Caribbean, intertwined with a devastating critique of what our textbooks say and don't say about that history. The reader should come away with a striking example of how important facts and events become a subjective narrative, how a story can evolve over time, and why much of the history taught in schools is nothing short of propaganda. (Plus you get this big wall poster pointing out various Columbus myths...)
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John P Talbot
4.0 out of 5 stars A good thought out read
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2019
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Nothing in this book is new. The author has simply put together the facts behind Columbus journey to the Americas. These facts come from historians from the times, the journals of Columbus crew and Columbus himself. It's quite appalling to see that some of what is included in children's history books is outright fabrication and myth-building. The book was evidently intended to be used in a classroom setting so the author does not go into great detail leaving the reader to go onto additional research.
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S. Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Loewen
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2020
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I like everything he writes, so I am somewhat biased. Excellent of course, informative and helpful. I would not have minded if it was longer! I did finish it wishing there was more on the subject. But so good.
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lh
1.0 out of 5 stars more like a poster
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2015
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not what I expected. more like a poster???
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Maria Especial
3.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2019
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I like it. It's old but it's fine. The poster isn't a poster. It's part of the book pages.
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h@ppyg0lucky
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible reading!
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2016
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Awesome book! He exposed so many distortions and omissions from American history books. It's interesting to see that other historians who have done the research are finally coming to the same conclusions, I HIGHLY recommend not just reading the book, but using it as a guide for judging the works of others.
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MzMcLean
5.0 out of 5 stars Purchased this as a gift having read it 20 years ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2018
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Purchased this as a gift having read it 20 years ago, my cousin is homeschooling in Indiana and I feel it's probably time to bring in some outside sources she WON'T find in that curriculum!
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DANIEL YELLE
1.0 out of 5 stars 25% WOKE GARBAGE
Reviewed in Canada on June 19, 2022
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Sadly 25% of this book is woke garbage. I tossed it in the garbage.
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