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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. The writing style is clear and the author has a sense of humor along with a welcome moral compass. I appreciated the first few chapters to set the stage before diving into the individual monuments and sites in question. The footnotes were helpful when I felt like flipping forward, but not essential if I didn't. My former university teaches a class in which monuments and memorials are covered, and I have already recommended this book as a great supplement for that experience. Finally, as a new resident of the Lake Placid area, I was interested to see the John Brown Historic Site as one of the areas noted, and I am eager to visit the site and see it for myself.