{"product_id":"legends-lies-cherished-myths-of-american-history-paperback","title":"Legends, Lies \u0026 Cherished Myths of American History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Shenkman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truth and nothing but the truth--Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Columbus discovering the world was round was invented by Washington Irving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pilgrims never lived in log cabins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Concord, Massachusetts, a third of all babies born in the twenty years before the Revolution were conceived out of wedlock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington may have never told a lie, but he loved to drink and dance, and he fell in love with his best friend's wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndependence wasn't declared on July 4th.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's no evidence that anyone died in a frontier shootout at high noon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter World War II, the U.S. government concluded that Japan would have surrendered within months, even if we had not bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truth and nothing but the truth-- Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Columbus discovered that the world was round was invented by Washington Irving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pilgrims never lived in log cabins. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Concord, Massachusetts, a third of all babies born in the twenty years before the Revolution were conceived out of wedlock. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington may have never told a lie, but he loved to drink and dance, and he fell in love with his best friend's wife. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndependence wasn't declared on July 4 (and the Liberty Bell was so little regarded that Philadelphia tried to sell it for scrap metal but nobody wanted it). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter World War II, the U.S. Government concluded that Japan would have surrendered within months, even if we had not bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.18 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52157450977511,"sku":"9780060972615","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/4f50425e8c004c40647a9be4a673792b.webp?v=1780501743","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/legends-lies-cherished-myths-of-american-history-paperback","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}