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Howard Zinn

Books by Howard Zinn

Lived: 1922–2010

Nationality: United States

Gender: male

Catalog: 5 books

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, *A Young People's History of the United States*. Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States. His memoir, *You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train* (Beacon Press, 2002), was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, at age 87. **Source**: Howard Zinn on Wikipedia.

  1. 1Cover of A People's History of the United States
  2. 2Cover of A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
  3. 3Cover of Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
  4. 4Cover of Voices of a People's History of the United States
  5. 5Cover of You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

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