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" Founding myths : "
Ray Raphael.
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BL
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590913
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b420132
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| Main Entry
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Raphael, Ray.
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| Title & Author
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Founding myths : : stories that hide our patriotic past /\ Ray Raphael.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: New Press :: Distributed by W.W. Norton,, 2004.
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x, 354 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm.
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| ISBN
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1565849213
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Inventing a past -- Paul Revere's ride -- Molly Pitcher -- The man who made a revolution : Sam Adams -- The shot heard 'round the world : Lexington and Concord -- The winter at Valley Forge -- Jefferson's Declaration of Independence -- Founding Fathers : the greatest generation -- "Give me liberty or give me death" -- "Do not fire till you see the whites of their eyes" -- Patriotic slaves -- Brutal British -- The final battle at Yorktown -- March of the American people -- Storybook nation, or, Why we tell tall tales.
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United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Anecdotes.
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United States, History, Errors, inventions, etc.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.3
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E296.R35 2004
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