From the Book - Revised tenth-anniversary edition.
Introduction : inventing a past
Heroes and heroines. Paul Revere's ride
David and Goliath. The shot heard 'round the world
The winter at Valley Forge
Wise men. Jefferson's declaration
Doing battle. "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Good v. evil. Patriotic slaves
Happy endings. The final battle : Yorktown
March of the American people
Conclusion : why we tell tall tales
Afterword : which myths persist, and why.
The man who made a revolution : Sam Adams
The shot heard 'round the world : Lexington and Concord
The winter at Valley Forge
Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
Founding Fathers : the greatest generation
"Give me liberty or give me death"
"Do not fire till you see the whites of their eyes"
The final battle at Yorktown
March of the American people
Storybook nation, or, Why we tell tall tales.
