Goodbye, Howard Zinn and J.D. Salinger

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Two of my favorite authors died within the last 24 hours :-(

Howard Zinn, the historian and author of A People’s History of the United States, died of a heart attack last night at age 87. I love Howard because he had the guts to tell the “untold” histories of unheard Americans, like Native Americans, Black Americans, Women, and Vietnam War Vets. His re-telling of Columbus’ “discovery” of America really stirred some people up!

J.D. Salinger just died too, at age 91.  While I love Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, and Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters, and Seymour: an Introduction, my favorite book of all time is still Franny and Zooey.  Whenever I’m not feeling like myself, I can just pick up a copy of Franny and Zooey, and then I start to feel like me again. . . you know what I mean?

These guys are both great.  I’m really going to miss them!

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