"History is written by those in power which scares me because this means five years of Bush has done little to get the truth out or even change the history books our kids read."
This may seem a little odd, but I frequent used book store, library sales and such gathering up old text books and history books from before 1950. It is a wealth of information I used with my kids to give them a balanced view of history. These books will be saved for grandchildren.
My kids could scarcely believe I got Columbus Day off from school and he was considered a hero. I have one book which actually states he viewed his journey as a missions trip to spread the Word of God.
This may seem a little odd, but I frequent used book store, library sales and such gathering up old text books and history books from before 1950. I do too! Thrift stores are also great sources of QUALITY books for pennies.
I found the leather-bound Harvard Classics for $2.95 a piece and the leather-bound Complete Works of Shakespeare for $10.95.
I also found Eisenhower's "Crusade in Europe" for a buck. It is the perfect compliment to my "Pictoral History of WWII", which actually started publishing volumes during the war.
I learned to find books in thrift stores from the late Fr. Pete, a German priest who worked at the library at Notre Dame, and would winter at our parish in Arizona.