Busting 20 Founding Fathers Myths: Legends Unraveled
Discover the Shocking Truths Behind America's Iconic Heroes – From Wooden Teeth to Secret Affairs That Shaped a NationBy Miguel Thornton
Length6h 24m
About this audiobook
Forget the marble gods on your schoolroom wall. Founding Fathers: 20 Myths That Refuse to Die takes a hammer to the myths around Washington, Jefferson and company, from wooden teeth and hemp Constitutions to phantom signatures and midnight rides. In twenty sharp, fast-moving chapters, Miguel Thornton walks through the stories we were taught, the evidence historians actually have, and the uncomfortable truths usually left out—slavery, propaganda, political spin, and plenty of plain old misunderstanding. Drawing on letters, ledgers, court records and modern scholarship, he shows how America’s founders were neither saints nor monsters, but driven, conflicted human beings. If you want to argue less with memes and more with facts, start here.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Politics and Government
Length6 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 25, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
12Myth 11: Slavery, Sole Sin of the Southern Founders
2Myth 1: George Washington's Wooden Teeth: The Father of a Nation... with a Woody Smile
13Myth 12: Paul Revere, Lone Hero of the Midnight Ride
3Myth 2: The Constitution on Hemp: The Founders, Pioneers of Legal Weed?
14Myth 13: Benjamin Franklin, Father of 80 Bastards
4Myth 3: Thomas Jefferson, Phantom Signer of the Constitution
15Myth 14: Jefferson and Sally Hemings: The Enslaved Love Affair
5Myth 4: Paul Revere and the Midnight Cry:
16Myth 15: Washington and Sally Fairfax: Forbidden Passion
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6Myth 5: The Declaration Signed on July 4th: An Explosive Autograph Party
17Myth 16: Hamilton and Laurens: The Gay Love of Revolutionaries
7Myth 6: Turkey vs. Eagle: Franklin's Fumbled Avian Choice
18Myth 17: Founders, Devout Christians of a Pious Nation
8Myth 7: The Liberty Bell: Its Echo on July 4, 1776
19Myth 18: Washington and the Cherry Tree: The Little Honest Lie
9Myth 8: The Thirteen Original Colonies: An Exclusive, United Club
20Myth 19: Founders Anti-Party: The Non-Factional Ideal
10Myth 9: The United States, Cradle of Pure Democracy
21Myth 20: Sober Founders: Models of Temperance
11Myth 10:
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