A People's History Falls Short By Howard Zinn

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Ever since the death of Howard Zinn, his books were under attack by other authors and scholars that believed his work was horrific. Their mission was to change the influence Zinn had brought to his readers. In the article, “Undue Certainty: Where Howard Zinn’s A People’s History Falls Short,” expresses the hate of Zinn’s work by many people. Sam Wineburg wrote about people’s opinions on Zinn’s work, numerous people loved his books and the information provided and few disagreed with the action he took writing his book. The people that loved his book were the educators and students that used his book as their class material. In school students never read the full length of a text book, but now with Zinn’s book that narrows down the importance

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