Handicapped by history : the process of hero making 1493. the true importance of Christopher Columbus The first Thanksgiving Red eyes Gone with the wind : the invisibility of racism in American history textbooks John Brown and Abraham Lincoln : the invisibility of antiracism in American history textbooks The land of opportunity Watching big brother : what textbooks teach about the Federal government See no evil : choosing not to look at the War in Vietnam Down the memory hole : the disappearance of the recent past Does this way of teaching history work? Afterword : the future lies ahead (and what to do about them)