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Howard Zinn:Where To Start?

hinsey21hinsey21 Posts: 583
edited May 2010 in The Porch
just curious if anyone could give me a hand with this, I plan on going out to pick up a couple books tomorrow.
any suggestions?

...apologizes if there is a similar thread already started

thanks
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    People's History of the United States
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  • InsideManInsideMan Posts: 261
    A People's History of the United States, On War, Three Strikes.
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  • McNairnMcNairn Posts: 284
    Read the first chapter in "People's History of the United States" about Columbus and the Arawak Indians.

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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Newch91 wrote:
    People's History of the United States
    reading it now, it's f'n good, heavy,brutal, not to be read before bed time :mrgreen:
  • hinsey21hinsey21 Posts: 583
    thanks for the suggestions, while i'm at it, have you guys read Ishmael? If so, what can you tell me about that?
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train is a nice place to start - it includes some autobiography of Zinn, and some of his involvement in the civil rights movement.
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    KO282453 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    People's History of the United States
    reading it now, it's f'n good, heavy,brutal, not to be read before bed time :mrgreen:

    Nice. That's next on my list. I'm finishing up The Electrric Kool-Aid Acid Test, more than halfway done with that then onto People's History... :D
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  • hinsey21hinsey21 Posts: 583
    Newch91 wrote:
    KO282453 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    People's History of the United States
    reading it now, it's f'n good, heavy,brutal, not to be read before bed time :mrgreen:

    Nice. That's next on my list. I'm finishing up The Electrric Kool-Aid Acid Test, more than halfway done with that then onto People's History... :D

    electric kool-aid acid test has been in the back of my head to pick up for awhile now, i hear nothing but good things
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