# White Lies

**Author:** Ann Bausum
**Grade range:** Grades 6–12
**First published:** 2025
**Page count:** 241
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9781250816580`
**ISBN-10:** `1250816580`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/white-lies-how-the-south-lost-the-civil-war-then-rewrote-the-history
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

This powerful and unflinching examination of racism in America by award-winning historian Ann Bausum deconstructs the warped history of the Civil War, perfect for fans of STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING and JUST MERCY. Warning: This is not your average U.S. history book. After the Civil War, the Confederates may have laid down their arms, but they were far from accepting defeat. By warping the narrative around what really happened during and after the Civil War, they created an alternate history now known as the Lost Cause. These lies still manifest today through criticism of Critical Race Theory, book banning, unequal funding for education, and more. This book sets the record straight and explains the true history of the Civil War, and its complex and far-reaching aftermath. Written by histori

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