Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Best-selling book in the history of The New Press: the paperback edition The New Press licensed to Simon and Schuster has sold over 2 million copies; The New Press has now taken back paperback rights.
New Preface by the author Simon and Schuster issued a revised edition in 2007 updated the book with new sections on 9/11 and the Iraq war. The new preface to the 15th anniversary edition with talk about current issues in the way we talk about history, including on our historical monuments.
Active marketing by author: James Loewen will continue to promote these re-issued texts and use them as a platform for commentary on the issues of the day.
James W. Loewen has won the American Book Award, the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, the Spirit of America Award from the National Council for the Social Studies, and the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award. He is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont and lives in Washington, DC.
