A Young Peoples History of the United States
Vol. 1 by Howard Zinn

$16.95

Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff

Columbus to the Spanish-American War

From the introduction: We all need heroes, people to admire, to see as examples of how human beings should live. But I prefer to see Bartolomé de Las Casas as a hero, for exposing Coumbus's violent behavior against the Indians he encountered in the Bahamas. I prefer to see the Cherokee Indians as heroes, for resisting their removal from the lands on which they lived. To me, it is Mark Twain who is a hero, because he denounced President Theodore Roosevelt after Roosevelt praised an American general who had massacred hundreds of people in the Philippines. I consider Helen Keller a hero because she protested against President Woodrow Wilson's decision to send young Americans into the slaughterhouse of the First World War.

My point of view, which is critical of war, racism, and economic injustice, carries over to the situation we face in the United States today.

Volumn One begins with a look at Christopher Columbus's arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians and leads the reader through the protests against imperialism during the Spanish-American War.

Also see Volume 2

Seven Stories, hardcover, 192pp, glossary, index, illustrated

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