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Lies across America : what our historic sites get wrong
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Lies across America : what our historic sites get wrong

by James W. Loewen

This volume examines how local monuments and historic sites often present biased, favourable narratives shaped by the organisations that funded them, contrasting these selective stories with potentially more accurate alternative perspectives.

Accession 19229 ISBN 1565843444 Publisher New Press
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