Debunks commonly accepted fallacies from history, including that George Washington was the first U.S. president, Johnny Appleseed was a fictitious character, an

Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.

“Should be in the hands of every history teacher in the country.”— Howard Zinn James Loewen has revised Teaching What Really Happened, the bestselling, go

The book that sets the record straight on classroom inaccuracies, from erroneous history and wobbly geography to sloppy science and bad math. Everyone knows tha

"Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educationa