This is an interesting read. Although you may or may not agree with McClanahan's assertions as to who was a "real American hero", you will agree that many of the people covered in this book have been all but forgotten or forced into a shadow of, well, politically in-correctness. Some of these people were barely talked about when I was in school. I have asked my sons and neither one of them have heretofore covered them in any detail.
I had "heard of" many of the "heroes" he wrote about, however they were not present in my scholastic history book. Surpsingley in the book, he also comments on those false heroes; those that are lauded incorrectly by the masses. I did add at least 30 books to my "to read" list after reading this book.
One of the personages he writes about in the "Feminist Frauds" is Margaret Sanger who founded Planned Parenthood. One of the things McClanahan points out is that she was an opponent of abortion hence her fight to bring birth-control to the masses. He explains how she, and others in the same "fraud" category had their respective movements high-jacked and turned into something they did not want during the inspection. Many of those founders being ousted from their positions and later writing against the new evolved movement.
Recently there was a debate about contraceptives, and although I perfectly understand how some people may feel either way, I do not think it is up to the Federal Government to legislate something one way or the other. I believe this is the problem with the two party system we have; they are both authoritative and will use force to make you comply. These elected officials are but there to protect our rights not find new ways to control or deny them to us.
Some reviewers accuse him of having a partisan spin on his book and although I would tend to agree with that, anyone who picks this book up, has to know that it is the "Politically Incorrect Guide"
File Size: 990 KB
Print Length: 272 pages
Publisher: Regnery Publishing (November 12, 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B009RRUX3Q