{"product_id":"indispensable-zinn-the-essential-writings-of-the-peoples-historian","title":"Indispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the People's Historian","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIndispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the People's Historian\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTimothy Patrick McCarthy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781595586223\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe New Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e496\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"well-chosen anthology of the radical historian's prodigious output,\" from\u003ci\u003e A People's History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e and lesser known sources (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e'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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A collection designed to highlight Zinn's essential writings, \u003ci\u003eThe Indispensable Zinn\u003c\/i\u003e includes excerpts from Zinn's bestselling \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e; his memoir, \u003ci\u003eYou Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train\u003c\/i\u003e; his inspiring writings on the civil rights movement, and the full text of his celebrated play, \u003ci\u003eMarx in Soho\u003c\/i\u003e. Noted historian and activist Timothy Patrick McCarthy provides essential historical and biographical context for each selection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a foreword by Noam Chomsky and an afterword from Zinn's former Spellman College student and longtime friend, Alice Walker, \u003ci\u003eThe Indispensable Zinn \u003c\/i\u003eis 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).\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The New Press","offers":[{"title":"Indispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the People's Historian | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Paperback | 9781595586223 | Used: Like New | Politics 1716728","offer_id":50863167996162,"sku":"1716728","price":26.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81PNRQ76GhL.jpg?v=1792855084","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/indispensable-zinn-the-essential-writings-of-the-peoples-historian","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}