Good ol’ Howie Zinn.
He’s been a major cause of the development of the current cultural attitude regarding our country and diminished patriotism.
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Thanks for posting.
I burned mine. It gave off a pretty light.
Every Christmas, my mother in law would scour the sale racks of bookstores for me, looking for books I might like that she could use as stocking stuffers.
She knew I was a history buff, so she kept on the lookout for those.
One Christmas, I opened a present to find “A People’s History of The United States”. I was enthusiastic, as I almost always am for any history related item. (I had no idea who Howard Zinn was)
With history books I am browsing to see if it is something I like, I like to open the book randomly at various pages and read a paragraph or so.
With “A People’s History”, the first paragraph I read caused me to say to myself “Huh?”
So I randomly opened another page, and that one made me think “What?”
On the third try, I knew there was something amiss, so I went to the very front and began reading from the beginning. After a page, I walked out to the garage and deposited the book in the trash can. I had never read a book like THAT before, and was horrified to learn it was being used as a school textbook in many places!
Now, my mother-in-law was a major lib, be we both came to an unspoken agreement early on (after a few sparring matches) that we would avoid the subject, though she wasn’t beyond giving me a few subtle jabs and digs over the years (which I would return volley on)
I thought the choice of this book for me was a jab, but on further reflection, I realized she didn’t mean anything by it, she was just being her normal frugal self at the bookstore.
I knew when I looked at the title of your post it was a reference to C. S. Lewis and his book, “THE ABOLITION OF MAN.”
Clive Staples Lewis, was quite prophetic with his description of what and who modern man is becoming.