Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
James Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me Overview

James Lowen scrutinizes standard American history high school textbooks for misrepresentation of American history as taught in schools across the country. Through several years of research, he probes the historical character cleansing of Helen Keller, Woodrow Wilson, and Christopher Columbus along with the whitewashing of Native American history, slavery, abolitionism and the aftermath of American wars. Finally he addresses the reasoning behind the creation of a glossed over textbook publishing industry.