{"product_id":"9781595586933","title":"The Indispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the \"People's Historian\"","description":"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’ Bob Herbert, “peel[ed] back the rosy veneer of much of American history to reveal sordid realities that had remained hidden for too long.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an introduction from Zinn’s former Spellman College student and longtime friend Alice Walker, and an afterword by Noam Chomsky, \u003ci\u003eThe Indispensable Zinn\u003c\/i\u003e is both a fitting tribute to the legacy of a man whose “work changed the way millions of people saw the past” (Noam Chomsky), and a powerful and accessible introduction for anyone coming to Zinn’s essential body of work for the first time.","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151174549744,"sku":"9781595586933","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595586933_p0.jpg?v=1769901370","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595586933","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}