DAILY KOS – CHRIS RODDA – Two Years Ago Today, the ‘Least Credible History Book in Print’ was Published

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• This post is an updated version of a post I wrote on this same date last year, which, not surprisingly, was titled “One Year Ago Today, the ‘Least Credible History Book in Print’ was Published.”(I am also once again giving away a free PDF version of one of my books, just like I did last year to mark this anniversary, so be sure to scroll down to the end of this post to get this year’s freebie!)

• Two years ago today, on April 10, 2012, a new book hit the shelves — David Barton’s The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson.Although Barton has been writing “history” books for well over two decades, he was relatively unknown outside of evangelical Christian circles and those of us who fight historical revisionism until a few years ago, when Glenn Beck, by making him his resident “historian” and new BFF, propelled him to Christian nationalist rock star status.The Jefferson Lies was Barton’s first “history” book to be published by a major publisher — Thomas Nelson, one of the largest American trade publishers and the world’s largest Christian publisher. Barton’s prior books, widely used by Christian schools, homeschoolers, and conservative Christian politicians, were self-published by his own publishing company, WallBuilder Press.To the disdain of history lovers and real historians, Barton’s Jefferson Lies quickly rose to #11 on Amazon and became a New York Times bestseller.

• So, in honor of the second anniversary of the publication of the “Least Credible History Book in Print,” I’ve decided to make the latest volume of my debunking of that masterpiece of historical revisionism (which debunks every stinking lie the book’s fifth chapter) available as a FREE PDF.