A New York Times bestseller · More than 1. 7 Million Copies Sold!"Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!" -People magazineFrom the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this 30th anniversary edition of the classic anti-textbook-which includes a new preface by Davis-he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history.