Sentence:  Ironically, the most stereotypical myth of Reconstructionism — involving perceived endemic corruption and ruthless exploitation of hapless native whites by freedman and carpetbaggers seeking to gain from black rule — is a <WSD>factitious</WSD> story of postwar South Carolina, as told with considerable and lurid exaggeration in two "classic" accounts … 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Counterfeit, fabricated, fake.