From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, David Mountain brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking.
David Mountain is a freelance writer whose work has been featured in Free Inquiry, The Humanist and Nadja. He has also given talks at the Edinburgh Fringe and Belfast's Festival of Ideas and Politics. He currently lives in Edinburgh.
Whether discussing Pythagoras' legacy, Athenian democracy, the myth
of Progress, or the Wild West, Mountain quickly points out how the
truth is more nuanced than-or completely different from-stories we
may know. ... the work's main thrust is the conversation between
present and past and how our view of the past influences current
behavior-most clearly outlined in a chapter about the Wild West
mythos shaping American gun culture to this day.
*Booklist*
Past Mistakes takes what we think we remember from history class
and sets the record straight! Definitely worth reading if you're
ready to have your mind blown and then be filled with rage that
you've been hoodwinked for this long.
*The Tiny Activist*
'A welcome ally in the fight against fake history'
*Eleanor Janega, author of The Middle Ages*
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