We have lost Howard Zinn, an old lion of the Left, who never stopped writing and speaking for the underdog. With his passing, there's "a hole in the sky."
There are not too many books of which you can say, "Reading this changed my life." I can probably count them on the fingers of one hand. One of those is Zinn's "A People's History of the United States." It is the history of our country from the perspective of those who generally remain voiceless: native Americans, slaves, women, immigrants, poor laboring people. It's what you never learned in high school or college when you took American history and read about all the conquering men and heroic deeds of U.S. past. If you haven't read Zinn's book, read it now. You will be shocked, you may weep. You will be changed.
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Thanks Marilyn :) Just put this book on hold @ the library.
thanks marilyn; i've never read this book. i just put it on hold @ the library.
His book really opened my eyes, and filled a huge vacuum in history textbooks on the United States. He gave voice to those "marginalized" from our history----like women (although it still baffles me that fifty percent of the population could be considered a minority). We have his book on our shelves, and I look forward to when our children are old enough to read it. Thanks for this, Marilyn.----Rachel