A review by eljaspero
Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong by James W. Loewen

4.0

Loewen proves, once again, that his reputation for heavyhandedness is entirely justified. He wears his biases proudly, and is unafraid to beat his reader over the head with them. That said, this book is also a potent reminder of just how bad a job we often do in public history. I wish I could believe that many of his case studies have since been revised, but know full well how much longer the road to full historic representation in America is going to be. Would recommend that students (and practitioners!) of public history suffer through at least half of this, but others should probably look elsewhere for their history fix.