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I wanted to like this book, despite having read O'Reilly's "Killing Patton" which contained a very thin conspiracy theory about Patton's death. "Legends and Lies" purports to be a history book but is filled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies. For example, on page 5, the book states that "Daniel Boone was born in Pennsylvania in 1734, the sixth child of ...". Yet on page 6, in a photo apparently depicting an unidentified stone house, the cut says "... Daniel Boone was the seventh of twelve children." Which is it? On page 67, the narrative talks about Kit Carson being attacked by a band of Kiowa Indians on November 25, 1864. "Within hours, about fourteen hundred warriors attacked. It was similar to the situation in which General Custer would find himself a few months later." But 'Custer's Last Stand' occurred on June 25, 1876, nearly twelve YEARS later, not 'a few months.' Also on page 67, "... while the Navajos, after signing a treaty in 1868 with General Sherman, were moved to a portion of their traditional lands, where they have remained." But on the photo on the facing page, the cutline says the Navajos "...settled peacefully on this land, as negotiated by (Kit) Carson." But in 1868, Carson was in Colorado, either dead or dying, according to the same chapter. While any history book might understandably contain discrepencies, when compared to other history books, it should not contradict itself, especially on adjoining pages. For that reason, I stopped reading this book about half-way through and consider it a waste of money.