Name: | Lies My Teacher Told Me |
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By: | James W. Loewen |
Narrated by: | Brian Keeler |
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Length | 14 hrs and 26 mins |
Category: | History, Americas |
Release Date: | 0004-06-13 |
Language: | English |
Lies My Teacher Told Me is a book by James W. Loewen that was first published in 1995. The book criticizes the way history is taught in the United States, and argues that the history textbooks used in schools are biased and inaccurate.
The book was a bestseller, and won the American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship.
This Lies My Teacher Told Me earned the number one spot in the New York Times Best Seller list for history books.
There are a few things that make listeners interested in the Lies My Teacher Told Me. First, the title is catchy and makes people want to know what the book is about. Second, the book is about a controversial topic – history – which always gets people talking. Third, the author is a well-known historian who has a lot of credibility.
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