The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History

From Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jill Lepore, the story of the American historical mythology embraced by the far right

Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution—so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty—so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sara...