A “well-chosen anthology of the radical historian’s prodigious output,” from
A People’s History of the United States
and lesser known sources (
Kirkus Reviews
).
When Howard Zinn died in early 2010, millions of Americans mourned the loss of one of the nation’s foremost intellectual and political guides; a historian, activist, and truth-teller who, in the words of the
New York Times
’s Bob Herbert, “peel[ed] back the rosy veneer of much of American history to reveal sordid realities that had remained hidden for too long.”
A collection designed to highlight Zinn’s essential writings,
The Indispensable Zinn
includes excerpts from Zinn’s bestselling
; his memoir,
You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
; his inspiring writings on the civil rights movement, and the full text of his celebrated play,
Marx in Soho
. Noted historian and activist Timothy Patrick McCarthy provides essential historical and biographical context for each selection.
With a foreword by Noam Chomsky and an afterword from Zinn’s former Spellman College student and longtime friend, Alice Walker,
is both a fitting tribute to the legacy of a man whose “work changed the way millions of people saw the past,” and a powerful and accessible introduction for anyone coming to Zinn’s essential body of work for the first time (Noam Chomsky).