Brittany Q. (notebook-junkie) reviewed Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History on + 81 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This was an eye-opener. It takes most of our American heros and cuts them down to something real and relatable. I loved it and wish more history books were this interesting.
Kathy W. (WolfeK) reviewed Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History on + 48 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Some interesting topics. Would be great for a history teacher.
Lorrie M. (ilovedale3) reviewed Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History on + 524 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Really interesting book that lets us in on secret: a lot of the thing swe learned in history class are not true, like July 4th is not the "real" Independence Day, Nathan Hale's dying words were not "I regret that I only have one life to give for my country, and pilgrims didn't live in log cabins.
Quick, fun read!!!
Quick, fun read!!!
Betsy D. (Freyathorn) reviewed Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History on + 60 more book reviews
Amusing short essays on American History.
Bobbie L. (nascargal) reviewed Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History on + 352 more book reviews
The truth and nothing but the truth-Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends. *The story that Columbus discovered that the world was round was invented by Washington Irving.*The pilgrims never lived in log cabins.*In Concord, Massachusetts, a third of all babies born in the twenty years before the Revolution were conceived out of wedlock. *Washington may have never told a lie, but he loved to drink and dance, and he fell in love with his best friend's wife. *Independence wasn't declared on July 4 (and the Liberty Bell was so little regarded that Philadelphia tried to sell it for scrap metal but nobody wanted it). *There's no evidence that anyone died in a frontier shootout at high noon. *After World War II, the U.S. Government concluded that Japan would have surrendered within months, even if we had not bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
JOY J. (joyweaves) reviewed Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History on + 3 more book reviews
Fun to read.
Love it, just great to get the real story.
