Howard Zinn (nonfiction)

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and social activist.

Life

He was a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than twenty books, including his best-selling and influential "A People's History of the United States" (nonfiction).

In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, "A Young People′s History of the United States" (nonfiction).

Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist."

He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (nonfiction), was also the title of a 2004 documentary (nonfiction) about Zinn's life and work.

Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, aged 87.

Nonfiction cross-reference

A People's History of the United States (nonfiction)

Fiction cross-reference

• Howard Zinn

External links

• Howard Zinn @ Wikipedia