Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything your American History Textbook gFGot Wrong / James W. Loewen.

"A Touchstone book."

"Completely revised and updated"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Something has gone very wrong -- Handicapped by history : the process of hero-making -- 1493 : the true importance of Christopher Columbus -- The truth about the first Thanksgiving -- Red eyes -- "Gone with the wind" : the invisibility of racism in American history textbooks -- John Brown and Abraham Lincoln : the invisibility of antiracism in American history textbooks -- The land of opportunity -- Watching Big Brother : what textbooks teach about the federal government -- See no evil : choosing not to look at the War in Vietnam -- Down the memory hole : the disappearance of the recent past -- Progress is our most important product -- Why is history taught like this? -- What is the result of teaching history like this? -- Afterword: The future lies ahead--and what to do about them.

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