Stupid American History: Tales Of Stupidity, Strangeness, And Mythconceptions (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Lighthearted, perfect for toilet reading book that purports to correct commonly believed falsehoods about American history, such as George Washington cutting down a cherry tree. The main problem is that its single paragraph hit and run format leaves unanswered questions, most often the source for the true version. OK, we should not believe the legend, but why believe the "truth" when the author sometimes does not do the spade work to make the truth credible? This book is fun for what it is, but it isn't much. This book was ok and definitely had some fun facts. A large portion of the book just seemed to want to sway some of the stories you have always heard about American history without much solid backup. Several examples included have he "probably" didn't say this, it us "unknown" etc. Of course we don't have solid accounts of all the cool stuff in history but we can't discount them either without at least equal evidence. I dunno, just ok, some fun stories
What do You think about Stupid American History: Tales Of Stupidity, Strangeness, And Mythconceptions (2009)?
Intriguing but failed to provide source material
—tsher
