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Essay heading: Different opinions on Columbus
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He was the one who started the westward movement and describes the "garbage can philosophers" that put him down as "sour enemies of human aspiration." "To denigrate Columbus is to denigrate what is worthy in human history and in us all".
Conversely, James W. Loewen, who did extensive research of high school history lessons to write his book Lies my Teacher Told Me, feels Columbus wasn't really as great as he is made out to be...
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Loewen, who did extensive research of high school history lessons to write his book Lies my Teacher Told Me, feels Columbus wasn't really as great as he is made out to be. Loewen writes, "The history books make up all kinds of details to tell a better story and to humanize Columbus so that readers will identify with him" (38)...
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