America As It Happened: A moment-by-moment journey through time, from prehistory to the present day
by What on Earth!, The Washington Post

1 out of 5 stars

This book can only loosely be described as “history” since it is filled with some of the worst propaganda that I have ever read. I don’t know how they think they can get away with outright lies about well-known historic events when any child could just look up the facts for themselves and know that this book is full of untruths. But most people probably won’t bother to look up the facts, and so the writers seem to get away with it.

It’s really sickening how the creators of this book take basic history and skew the perspective toward their own political ideology, rewriting history to fit their own made-up narrative. History should be about the bare facts with no bias, leaving it to the reader to make their own judgment, but this book doesn’t allow that.

It’s really a shame, because the basic concept of telling history in little snippets written to look like news articles is such a fun idea! There are also QR codes where you can listen to a podcast or hear part of an interview with the contributors. It’s a beautifully produced book with wonderful artwork and photographs and a great design! If only they could have stuck to the truth.

There are a lot of controversial issues that are addressed in this book – racism, slavery, LGBTQ+, wars, atomic bombs, school shootings, taxes, economics, presidential races, global warming, terrorists, immigration, and a host of other issues that America has grappled with in her long history.

This book is such a huge disappointment.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.

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