Kyle Harrison
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A People's History of the United States

A People's History of the United States: 1492–Present
Author
Howard Zinn
Published
1980
Pages
695
Recommended
7 times
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Why it’s on the list: Zinn’s standing counter-textbook: American history told from the losing side of each transaction — the conquered, the enslaved, the drafted and the organised.

Where I heard about it

  • Photographed in March 2018 (Books photo album)

  • Photographed in January 2019 (Books photo album)

  • Spotted at Bookshop Santa Cruz — November 2020 (Books photo album)

  • Spotted at Pioneer Book, Provo — July 2024 (Books photo album)

  • Spotted at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, Beaverton — January 2026 (Books photo album)

  • Carrie (@carriereadsbooks) — recommended it in a BookTok video; I filed it under books to prepare for a Trump presidency.

  • Socratic Way (@socraticway) — the single book in a BookTok video urging viewers to buy it from an independent bookseller or borrow it from a library — “either way, it’s worth reading.”

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