'People's History' author Howard Zinn dies at 87

AP ^ | 1/27/10 | Hillel Italie

[takbodan]

Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose leftist "A People's History of the United States" sold a million copies and became an alternative to mainstream texts and a favorite of such celebrities as Bruce Springsteen and Ben Affleck, died Wednesday. He was 87.

Zinn died of a heart attack in Santa Monica, Calif., daughter Myla Kabat-Zinn said. The historian was a resident of Auburndale, Mass.

Published in 1980 with little promotion and a first printing of 5,000, "A People's History" was — fittingly — a people's best-seller, attracting a wide audience through word of mouth and reaching 1 million sales in 2003. Although Zinn was writing for a general readership, his book was taught in high schools and colleges throughout the country, and numerous companion editions were published, including "Voices of a People's History," a volume for young people and a graphic novel

[Dr.Deth]

Well... bye.

[GSP.FAN]

http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3990.html

Meticulously documented the book includes ample evidence of the “crackpot fringe.” Their ideas span the spectrum of folly, from claiming “earthworms are far more valuable that people” and denying the communist-created Cambodian genocide, to calling America the most evil and oppressive nation on earth and comparing the killing of chickens to a human Holocaust.

[ccmay]

Roast in hell, demon.

[SunkenCiv]

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