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I think this book was terrible! John Gilmore made Jimmy look like a total JERK! That girl never killed herself for Jimmy. She got married and moved on. And yes Dean was outside the church gassen his bike. My great grandparents know people who were at the wedding and who saw him. I wonder if John Gilmore relizes he made himself look like a perv.
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Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve leading high school American history texts, he has concluded that not one does a decent job of making history interesting or memorable. Marred by an embarrassing combination of blind patriotism, mindless optimism, sheer misinformation, and outright lies, these books omit almost all the ambiguity, passion, conflict, and drama from our past. In ten powerful chapters, Loewen reveals that: * The United States dropped three times as many tons of explosives in Vietman as it dropped in a... Rest of this review on the detail page
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In sailing westward in 1492, did Columbus defy the prevailing belief that the Earth was flat? Was Thomas Paine an atheist? Was Truman plucked from obscurity to be FDR's running mate in 1944? Are presidential campaigns nowadays far dirtier than they were in the past? Is Hillary Clinton the most active or influential First Lady ever? Not so, says Paul Boller, in this delightfully informative look at some of the most common myths and misconceptions about the American past. Here, Boller provides us with a cornucopia of historical correction, debunking myths that range from the trivial--for instance, George Washington did not have false teeth made of wood (they were made of ivory)--to the pernicious (FDR did not know in advance that the Jap... Rest of this review on the detail page
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This is another novel in the 'Dead Famous' series for children. It tells the interesting tale of Joan of Arc in an easier sense, so that children of all ages can look at the cartoons provided and be educated at the same time. It's well worth a look.
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This stunning tribute to the World Trade Center focuses on the history and architecture of the buildings and the lower Manhattan neighborhood where they stood with over 80 full-color photographs. A portion of the proceeds are donated to the NYC Fireman's Education Fund.
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