Why we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired. To understand something, you need to know its history. Right?

Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.

Why we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired. To understand something, you need to know its history. Right?

A look at how to teach history in the age of easily accessible—but not always reliable—information. Let’s start with two truths about our era that are so

A fully updated and revised edition of the book USA Today called "jim-dandy pop history," by the bestselling, American Book Award–winning author "The most def