What's wrong with that?
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > sam, > > US history classes teach a very biased view of history, its > triumphalism to the extreme at times. for instance little or no > mention of the invasions of Canada during the American revolution, the > War of 1812, and the various Fenian raids. When the War of 1812 is > mentioned, its mostly New Orleans in 1815 and a few naval battles. > Nothing about the Niagara or North West Campaigns, or destruction of > the towns along the Frontier in the middle of winter or the Indian > massacres. > > I've just finished reviewing one textbook that was simply odious in > the way it treated the time period from 1756 through 1820, and this > one is currently used in many states. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318265 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
