Howard Zinn

“Biography at its best, written by a master of the craft,” with new photos and details about the renowned historian, activist and bestselling author (Michael Kammen, Los Angeles Review of Books).

Howard Zinn was perhaps the best-known popular interpreter of American history in the twentieth century, and one of America’s most recognizable and admired progressive voices.

His rich, fascinating life placed Zinn at the heart of the signal events of modern American history—from the battlefields of World War II to the McCarthy era, the civil rights and the antiwar movements, and beyond. A bombardier who later renounced war, a son of working-class parents who earned a doctorate at Columbia, a white professor who taught at the historically black Spelman College in Atlanta, a committed scholar who will be forever remembered as a devoted “people’s historian”—Howard Zinn blazed a bold, iconoclastic path through the turbulent second half of the twentieth century.

For the millions who were moved by Zinn’s personal example of political engagement and by his inspiring “bottom up” history, here is an authoritative biography by Martin Duberman, recipient of the American Historical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Given exclusive access to the previously closed Zinn archives, Duberman’s impeccably researched biography is illustrated with never-before-published photos from the Zinn family collection. Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left is a major publishing event that brings to life one of the most inspiring figures of our time.

“This intelligent book reminds us of the titanic moral struggles in American history and those who engaged with them.”-The Washington Post

“Brings Zinn's colorful voice back to life.” -ForeWord Reviews

“Excellent.” -The Progressive