New book 'Myth America' examines misinformation in U.S. history - PBS NewsHour

[TexasTowelie]

In a new book, Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer assemble a team of fellow historians to push back on what they see as the biggest myths and rampant misinformation about major issues facing this country and some of its most defining moments. They sat down with Geoff Bennett to talk about their new edited collection, “Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past.”

[yonder]

1. It sounds like it could deserve a spot on the shelf next to

Howard Zinn's tome "A Peoples History of the United States".

[Bayard]

2. I'm reading something similar now

"Lies My Teacher Told Me--Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong." James W. Loewen.