That’s Not in My American History Book
A Compilation of Little-Known Events and Forgotten Heroes
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Narrated by:
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Jeff Riggenbach
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Thomas Ayres
That’s Not in My American History Book collects an illuminating treasury of stories edited out of your textbooks. It explains why the Fourth of July isn’t really our Independence Day. It dispels the myth of Paul Revere’s ride. It reveals nineteenth-century political mudslinging that labeled Andrew Jackson a murderer and his wife an adulteress. It even unveils the only vice president ever to compose a number-one pop hit.
For generations, history classes reduced the American story into a dry litany of dates, names, and places. Now, Thomas Ayres fills in the gaps, supplying the messy details, reclaiming the overlooked heroes, and correcting the facts you thought you knew. With insight, irreverence, and wit, That’s Not in My American History Book uncovers our unknown past.
©2000 Thomas Ayres (P)2003 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Reviews
“Investigative reporter Thomas Ayresis sets history straight.”
(Publisher's Weekly)“Ayers’ conjectures and sidelights...put life into what is very often a boring subject for school-aged children.”
(Denver Post)“Riveting true tales of our less-celebrated national past. Comprehensive and witty.”
(Virginian-Pilot )“This compilation of little-known events and heroes gathers all the juicy stories edited out of history textbooks.”
(Bookwatch)