by Howard Zinn
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American poet, author and scholar
Recommended by 9 notable people, including Amy Cuddy and Bernie Sanders
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See customer reviews on Amazon →This is a long, opinionated narrative that retells U.S. history from the perspectives of workers, Indigenous peoples, enslaved people, and activists. Reading it feels like listening to a single, sustained counter-narrative: useful for collecting vivid episodes, alternative framings, and rhetorical ballast for civic arguments. Its main limitation is a steady polemical tone and selective emphasis — preference for anecdote over exhaustive sourcing — which can feel repetitive or one-sided for readers who want cautious synthesis or multiple equally weighted perspectives.
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"A wonderful, splendid booka book that should be ready by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." Howard FastWith a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this edition of the classic national bestseller chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out th...
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Recommended by 12 sources and appears in American History, Most Recommended Books, and Politics.
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“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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