Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past
With wit and flair, Founding Myths exposes the errors and inventions in thirteen of America’s most cherished tales, from Paul Revere’s famous ride to Patrick Henry’s Liberty or Death” speech. Exploring the dynamic intersection between history-making and story-making, award-winning author and...
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With wit and flair, Founding Myths exposes the errors and inventions in thirteen of America’s most cherished tales, from Paul Revere’s famous ride to Patrick Henry’s Liberty or Death” speech. Exploring the dynamic intersection between history-making and story-making, award-winning author and historian Ray Raphael shows how these fictions—conceived in the narrowly nationalistic politics of the nineteenth century—undermine our democratic ideals.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781595580733 (1595580735)
Publish date: July 31st 2006
Publisher: New Press, The
Pages no: 354
Edition language: English
The story of the American Revolution is well known and thought of as gospel by average Americans, but is that story more myth than history? Ray Raphael in his book, Founding Myths, aims to tell the true patriotic history behind the stories told about the American Revolution. Investigating thirtee...
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