Most of the facts he told aren’t talked about in classrooms or textbooks. From classic American heroes, to the United States government, he debunked each commonly believed lie that is preached throughout countless history textbooks. Loewen told how textbooks try to cover up the bad parts of historic people, to make their story more relatable and inspirational. He showed how textbooks made up complete lies about many historical figures, such as Christopher Columbus, to fit in plot holes and to make him seem like a hero and an inspirational figure. Loewen worked his hardest to correct every mistake many history textbooks make, and to disclose every intentional lie they …show more content…
Throughout the many chapters, James Loewen discussed how the textbooks industries are corrupt, and how they put false information into the student’s textbooks. From Helen Keller, to Christopher Columbus, to the National Government, Loewen showed that textbooks either refused to tell the whole truth to make the person more admirable or easy for children to look up to, to completely lying to students to not offend anyone. All of the chapters and pieces of evidence prove that history textbooks need to change, and actually report on