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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741.56973 EAN: 9780805087444 ISBN: 0805087443 Label: Metropolitan Books Manufacturer: Metropolitan Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: April 01, 2008 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Release Date: April 01, 2008 Studio: Metropolitan Books Sales Rank: 7305 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Adapted from the bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world, told in comics form Since its landmark publication in 1980, A People’s History of the United States has had six new editions, sold more than 1.7 million copies, become required classroom reading throughout the country, and been turned into an acclaimed play. More than a successful book, A People’s History triggered a revolution in the way history is told, displacing the official versions with their emphasis on great men in high places to chronicle events as they were lived, from the bottom up. Now Howard Zinn, historian Paul Buhle, and cartoonist Mike Konopacki have collaborated to retell, in vibrant comics form, a most immediate and relevant chapter of A People’s History: the centuries-long story of America’s actions in the world. Narrated by Zinn, this version opens with the events of 9/11 and then jumps back to explore the cycles of U.S. expansionism from Wounded Knee to Iraq, stopping along the way at World War I, Central America, Vietnam, and the Iranian revolution. The book also follows the story of Zinn, the son of poor Jewish immigrants, from his childhood in the Brooklyn slums to his role as one of America’s leading historians. Shifting from world-shattering events to one family’s small revolutions, A People’s History of American Empire presents the classic ground-level history of America in a dazzling new form. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Poorly written, poorly drawnA speech bubble on the cover (pointing to nobody) states that this is a "Graphic Adaptation". Is this a new genre separate from Graphic Novels? Should you keep this on the shelf next to Alan Moore and Frank Miller or stash it next to Noam Chomsky? By graphic novel standards, the book is choppy and disjointed. The art looks amateurish, with the best being reproduced from old newspaper adds and cartoons. There are two writers. I assume Zinn wrote most of the text since many panels and inserts ... Read More Rating:  - Better Than TVNot only is it in a fun comic book format, but the comics also include actual historic photographs and other documents. Rating: - Can't Believe in Him AnymoreAfter reading that Howard Zinn does not think it is important to investigate 9/11, I will have nothing more to do with him. I don't care how renowned he is. If he doesn't think it's important to stop the false flag operations that have gone on for many, many decades that have thrust us into wars that were instigated by interested 3rd party investors to cash in on the vast fortunes made when they finance both sides of a war, then he will get no support from me. Wake up people! Aren't you tired of being ... Read More Rating: - Excellent PrimerOverall, a great adaptation of a wonderful book. It provides a slighly different perspective on the USA's history, while gently highlighting patterns and trends, both positive and negative. Rating: - A biased and inaccurate historyThis book presents a biased and inaccurate history of the US. In Zinn's eyes America is the source of evil in the world. This is historical revisionism and political correctness at its worst. Instead of this, I would recommend "A Patriot's History of the United States" by Schweikart. Browse for similar items by category:
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