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This book refutes 10 simplistic or flat-out wrong notions that cling to narratives of pre-Columbian through early Revolutionary America. Goss (history, Gordon Coll., Wenham, MA; Documents of the Salem Witch Trials) and multimedia developer Grishin debunk, among other myths, the idea that Pocahontas rescued John Smith from execution and that the two were in love, and the narrative that Manhattan Island was purchased for $24. The introduction summarizes colonialism and argues (countering rec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More