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[Jacki O.]

RIP

A People's History of the United States is a really great book

[Dez]

Indeed. Read it sheesh... almost five years ago. I'm getting old

[mancopter]

I've been meaning to read it. For like 5 years.

[jeremx]

add catcher in the rye's j d salinger to that.

[Rial]

I haven't read "A Peoples History..." in over a decade...but this dude is pivotal in bringing Marxist History to the masses (not history of Karl Marx, but history from the peoples perspective, Karl Marx was a historian before he was a trendy tight pants college buzz word) Howard Zinn while not greatly respected in my history classes at ASU,but was huge in the "if our schools won't teach us, we'll teach ourselves to understand" train of thought that keeps the fire alive...I hope...

RIP

[chalupacabra]

I haven't read "A Peoples History..." in over a decade...but this dude is pivotal in bringing Marxist History to the masses (not history of Karl Marx, but history from the peoples perspective, Karl Marx was a historian before he was a trendy tight pants college buzz word) Howard Zinn while not greatly respected in my history classes at ASU,but was huge in the "if our schools won't teach us, we'll teach ourselves to understand" train of thought that keeps the fire alive...I hope...

RIP

With he and Studs Terkel there is a great big hole it makes me sad to think nobody is rising to fill up.

and now Salinger...damn

[MattChedda]

Thats sucks! He was a great man.