# Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation - Hardcover

by **James W. Loewen** (Author), **Nate Powell** (Author)

**At last! The long-awaited graphic version of the multi-million copy bestselling corrective to American history myths--adapted by the famed National Book Award-winning artist behind John Lewis's _March_ trilogy**

Since its first publication in the 1990s, _Lies My Teacher Told Me_ has become one of the most important and successful--and beloved--history 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 Powell--the first cartoonist ever to win a National Book Award--has adapted Loewen's classic work into a graphic edition that perfectly captures both Loewen's 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 Biography

**James W. Loewen** (1942-2021) 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 Lewis's March trilogy. Powell's 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 MSNBC's 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.  

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.9 IN

**Publication Date:** April 16, 2024

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