Chapter IV: American Independence and the Myth of the Founding Fathers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Acknowledgments 9
4. Introduction 11
5. Chapter I: Christopher Columbus and the Myth of ‘Discovery’ 43
6. Chapter II: Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love 89
7. Chapter III: Pilgrims and Puritans and the Myth of the Promised Land 137
8. Chapter IV: American Independence and the Myth of the Founding Fathers 197
9. Chapter V: E Pluribus Unum? The Myth of the Melting Pot 257
10. Chapter VI: Agrarianism, Expansionism, and the Myth of the American West 311
11. Chapter VII: Expressive Individualism and the Myth of the Self-Made Man 367
12. By Way of Conclusion 421
13. Index 427