Henry Holt
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HOWARD ZINN AND MIKE KONOPACKI present a graphic adaptation of Zinn's A People’s History of the United States THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT.
Harvard Book Store is honored to host historian HOWARD ZINN and cartoonist MIKE KONOPACKI as they present their graphic adaptation of Zinn's bestselling grass-roots masterpiece, A People's History of the United States. 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 new thought 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 Zinn, historian Paul Buhle, and cartoonist 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. KONOPACKI prints on display at Harvard Book Store Thanks to Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., six high-quality prints from A People's History of American Empire illustrated by cartoonist Mike Konopacki, a graphic adaptation of Zinn's grassroots masterpiece, A People's History of America, are now on display at Harvard Book Store. Excerpted from a section entitled “Just Following Orders” (pages 129–34), these prints showcase Konopacki’s cartoon rendition of a crucial part of Zinn’s autobiography. The illustrations also incorporate archival photographs and documents.
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Howard Zinn is the author of numerous books, including his epic masterpiece, A People's History of the United States, as well as many recent books published by Seven Stories Press: Voices of a People's History of the United States, Terrorism and War, and The Zinn Reader. He is a professor emeritus of political science at Boston University.
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