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**A “well-chosen anthology of the radical historian’s prodigious output,” from *A People’s History of the United States* and lesser known sources ( *Kirkus Reviews* ).** 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 *New York Times* ’s Bob Herbert, “peel[ed] back the rosy veneer of much of American history to reveal sordid realities that had remained hidden for too long.” A collection designed to highlight Zinn’s essential writings, *The Indispensable Zinn* includes excerpts from Zinn’s bestselling *A People’s History of the United States* ; his memoir, *You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train* ; his inspiring writings on the civil rights movement, and the full text of his celebrated play, *Marx in Soho*. Noted historian and activist Timothy Patrick McCarthy provides essential historical and biographical context for each selection. With a foreword by Noam Chomsky and an afterword from Zinn’s former Spellman College student and longtime friend, Alice Walker, *The Indispensable Zinn* is both a fitting tribute to the legacy of a man whose “work changed the way millions of people saw the past,” and a powerful and accessible introduction for anyone coming to Zinn’s essential body of work for the first time (Noam Chomsky).