American History Revised: 200 Startling Facts That Never Made It into the Textbooks

We discover that:

• In the 1950s Ford was approached by two Japanese companies begging for a joint venture. Ford declined their offers, calling them makers of “tin cars.” The two companies were Toyota and Nissan.

• Eleanor Roosevelt and most women’s groups opposed the Equal Rights Amendment forbidding gender discrimination.

• The two generals who ended the Civil War weren’t Grant and Lee.

• The #1 bestselling American book of all time was written in one day.

• The Dutch made a bad investment buying Manhattan for $24.

• Two young girls aimed someday to become First Lady—and succeeded.

• Three times, a private financier saved the United States from bankruptcy.

Organized into ten thematic chapters, American History Revised plumbs American history’s numerous inconsistencies, twists, and turns to make it come alive again.