Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation

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At last! The long-awaited graphic version of the multi-million copy bestselling corrective to American history mythsadapted by the famed National Book Awardwinning artist behind John Lewiss March trilogy

Since its first publication in the 1990s, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one of the most important and successfuland belovedhistory books of our time. As the late Howard Zinn said, Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. Having sold well over 2 million copies, the book also won an American Book Award and numerous other commendations and prizes and was even heralded on the front page of the New York Times long after its first publication.

Now, the brilliant and award-winning artist Nate Powellthe first cartoonist ever to win a National Book Awardhas adapted Loewens classic work into a graphic edition that perfectly captures both Loewens text and the irreverent spirit of his work. Eye-popping illustrations bring to life the true history chronicled in Lies My Teacher Told Me, and ample text boxes and callouts ensure nothing is lost in translation. The book is perfect for those making their first foray past the shroud of history textbooks, and it will also be beloved by those who had their worldviews changed by the original.

Author Bio

James W. Loewen (19422021) was the bestselling and award-winning author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, Lies Across America, Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus, Sundown Towns, and Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers Edition (all from The New Press). He also wrote Teaching What Really Happened and The Mississippi Chinese: Between Black and White and edited The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader. He won the American Book Award, the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, the Spirit of America Award from the National Council for the Social Studies, and the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award.

Nate Powell is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award, for civil rights icon John Lewiss March trilogy. Powells work has won a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, three Eisner Awards, two Ignatz Awards, four YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens selections, and two Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist selections. Powell has discussed his work at the United Nations, as well as on MSNBCs The Rachel Maddow Show, CNN, PBS, and Free Speech TV. The co-author, with James W. Loewen, of Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation (The New Press), he lives in Bloomington, Indiana.