No More Lies: The Myth and the Reality of American HistoryHarper & Row, 1971 - 311 pagina's Explodes such American myths as free elections, the Mason-Dixon line, free enterprise, Emancipation, and the Puritan Pilgrims. |
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Pagina 120
... John Adams was not able , with his revo- lutionary fervor , to rid the new nation of the awful in- stitution of slavery , he passed a revolutionary heritage on to his son , John Quincy Adams , which surfaced in the latter days of his ...
... John Adams was not able , with his revo- lutionary fervor , to rid the new nation of the awful in- stitution of slavery , he passed a revolutionary heritage on to his son , John Quincy Adams , which surfaced in the latter days of his ...
Pagina 132
... John apart . Old John sized up the situation , walked over to his master's wife and slapped her across the face . His op- ponent pulled up his stake and ran away as fast as he could . Of course , Old John's master was outraged and ...
... John apart . Old John sized up the situation , walked over to his master's wife and slapped her across the face . His op- ponent pulled up his stake and ran away as fast as he could . Of course , Old John's master was outraged and ...
Pagina 169
... John Brown hoped to initiate a dramatic action that would strike such a chord of rebellion among the slaves that they would rise and liberate themselves . On the night of October 16 , 1859 , John Brown led a group of twenty - one men ...
... John Brown hoped to initiate a dramatic action that would strike such a chord of rebellion among the slaves that they would rise and liberate themselves . On the night of October 16 , 1859 , John Brown led a group of twenty - one men ...
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The Myth of the Puritan Pilgrim | 15 |
The Myth of the Savage | 50 |
The Myth of the Founding Fathers | 88 |
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