#3: Truths My Book Revealed to Me.

Let’s recap: #6: Cereal Ramblings, #5: Super Sized Sickness, #4: Angst, Glorious Angst

Counting down the top six sellers in the history of Subterranean Books, the third best seller ever is Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen.

In this beloved book, Loewen critiques twelve American history texts. He finds the narrative of most focused on heroes and acts of government, and he’d rather have the holy trinity of history be race, class, and gender. Now, as you’ve probably guessed, Loewen’s conclusions aren’t going to please everyone. But there’s something in the book for a person of almost any political bent to chew on. And beyond that, Loewen’s idea of a desirable history text is one that would leave a student thinking that America is a nation still open to finding its way in the world and that its best days are still ahead. That sounds like a helluva history book, nicht wahr?