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"Thoroughly researched, clearly written, and eye-opening in major and minor ways, this book will be valuable not only to academics but to all readers." —Library Journal This book provides the essential, primary documentation needed to clarify, readjust, and, in some cases, destroy the many commonly held myths of America's colonial past. America's past is in many respects misunderstood and distorted. Misconceptions abound about Columbus and his discovery; Jamestown, John Smith, and Pocahontas; the Salem Witch Trials; and even the American Revolution. What is often lacking in texts on these events and people is a narrative with a solid underpinning of primary sources that clearly explains how misconceptions began, how they were perpetuated, and finally how they made their way into contemporary American popular culture. Colonial America: Facts and Fictions separates myth from reality. The authors explore 10 popular myths about the period, each of which is examined in terms of its origin and how it became ensconced in American memory. It uses primary sources to explain the evolution of the myths and to inform readers about what actually happened. This book explains all of this, and most importantly exposes the modern reader to those essential primary source documents that clarify the distortions and disprove the popular misconceptions of the past.
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K. David Goss is Professor of History at Gordon College, USA, specializing in American history and museum studies. His many published works include Daily Life During the Salem Witch Trials (2023) and Documents of the Salem Witch Trials (2018). He is the 2014 recipient of the Dr. Marvin Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching Humanities, and is a Society of Colonial Wars Scholar, Boston University. In 2025 he received the Salem History Award from the Salem Historical Society and was a credited historical advisor on Ken Burns’ recent production “Henry David Thoreau,” which recently premiered on PBS.
A. A. Grishin is a professional multimedia creator, specializing in public history and education. Grishin developed interactive experiences for dozens of museums around the country, including the Bill Clinton Presidential Library, Smithsonian Museum, and Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum. He has also made contributions to the study of Classical Latin poetry and original medieval sources. Grishin co-authored Colonial America: Facts and Fictions (2021). Most recently, his research on the Chinon Parchment was profiled in the Discovery Channel series Expedition Files, in which he appeared as a guest expert.
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