48 Liberal Lies About American History
 By Jamie GlazovFrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, September 12, 2008
Frontpage Interview's guest today is Larry Schweikart, a professor of history at the University of Dayton. He is the co-author with Michael Allen of the best-selling book, A Patriot's History of the United States. His follow-up book, America's Victories, led President Bush to invite him to the Oval Office for a discussion of history. His new book is 48 Liberal Lies About American History.

FP: Larry Schweikart, welcome to Frontpage Interview.

Schweikart: Thanks again. Always a pleasure to be with you guys. This is our. . . .what? Fifth or sixth go around?

FP: Something like that. You definitely are a star around here.So what inspired you to write this book?

Schweikart: 48 Liberal Lies emerged out of the end notes of A Patriot's History. Mike Allen and I found ourselves "arguing" with the textbooks in the end notes---something historians frequently do. Then my editor said, "Why don't you make a book out of those arguments." So I did.

FP: First tell us how you did your research for this book.

Schweikart: I examined between 15 to 20 of the top, best-selling college U.S. history textbooks on the market. On a couple of occasions, I also used Howard Zinn's People's History for effect, but 99% of the quotations are from the textbooks. I grabbed every one I could get my hands on. Perhaps there are a couple I've missed, but these are the major titles. As to sales numbers, however, publishers keep these very close, so I can't say for certain which is the top selling book. My guess is that it's Nation of Nations by Davidson, et. al., or the old stand-by, American Pageant by Bailey and Kennedy.
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