Founding myths
Subtitle: stories that hide our patriotic past
By: Ray Raphael
Publisher: MJF Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781567318869
Subjects: American Revolution (1775-1783) fast (OCoLC)fst01351668; Errors, inventions; Anecdotes; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Inventing a past; title: Paul Revere's ride; title: Molly Pitcher; title: The man who made a revolution : Sam Adams; title: The shot heard 'round the world : Lexington and Concord; title: The winter at Valley Forge; title: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence; title: Founding Fathers : the greatest generation; title: "Give me liberty or give me death"; title: "Do not fire till you see the whites of their eyes"; title: Patriotic slaves; title: Brutal British; title: The final battle at Yorktown; title: March of the American people; title: Storybook nation, or, Why we tell tall tales.