Spawning a teaching edition, wall charts, even an audio CD, Zinn's radical history, now in its twenty-fifth printing, has influenced our historical memory more than most books may reasonably aspire. More than two decades have passed since the publication of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine how two prêt-à-porter histories of the American Revolution could differ more-if you'll forgive the term-radically than these. A People's History of the American Revolution and The American Revolution: A History are both written for broad audiences, and both concern the struggle for American independence. If so, Ray Raphael's and Gordon Wood's new books will be all the rage. Now that Founder Chic, the latest fad in the history of the early republic, has re-popularized such retro icons as George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, fashion-conscious readers may soon be clamoring for a stylish re-telling of the American Revolution.
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