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Title: Not Really History
Review: If your objective is to teach about the Catholic Church in America, this book might be of some value. But as an American History textbook it is a joke. Significant events -- such as the 19th amendment and the women's suffrage movement -- are entirely ignored. And if you think it is possible to write about the Second World War and never once mention the words "Jew" or "concentration camp," then this is the book for you. But there IS an entire chapter on "no Irish need apply." You'll also have to deal with a prose style that is ponderous and often difficult to understand, and a polemical presentation that is determined not to let the reader make up his own mind about anything.It's worth noting that the author has no credentials whatsoever to write a history text, but since that's not what this book is, apparently that doesn't matter to Anne Carroll.
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