Founding Myths
Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past
New Press, The · Print & ebook · July 4, 2014
First published ten years ago, award-winning historian Ray Raphael's Founding Myths has since established itself as a landmark of historical myth-busting.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in American history myths and their debunking
- Themes
- historical myth-busting, American Revolutionary history, politicization of history
- Pacing
- Reflective
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First published ten years ago, award-winning historian Ray Raphael's Founding Myths has since established itself as a landmark of historical myth-busting. With Raphael's trademark wit and flair, Founding Myths exposed the errors and inventions in America’s most cherished tales, from Paul Revere's famous ride to Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death” speech. For the thousands who were captured by Raphael’s eye-opening accounts, history was never the same.
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In this revised tenth-anniversary edition, Raphael revisits the original myths and further explores their evolution over time, uncovering new stories and peeling back new layers of misinformation. This new edition also examines the highly politicized debates over America’s past, as well as how our approach to history in school reinforces rather than corrects historical mistakes. A book that "explores the truth behind the stories of the making of our nation" (National Public Radio), this revised edition of Founding Myths will be a welcome resource for anyone seeking to separate historical fact from fiction.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in American history myths and their debunking
- Those curious about the political influence on historical narratives
Where it sits
| Revolutionary America (1775-1800) | 91% |
|---|---|
| Historiography | 62% |
| Revolutionary History | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historiography
- Studying History
- Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
- Authors
- Ray Raphael
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Published
- July 4, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- historical myth-busting · American Revolutionary history · politicization of history
- Reading lane
- Historiography