The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinnby Dave Zirin, EP Dutton, £48.70EVEN if he had sought it out, it seems unlikely that Howard Zinn ever thought he would achieve the fame that he came his way. This is one of the essential lessons taken from this new biography.Dave Zirin, who spent time on the road with Zinn several years ago, staging public conversations about history, imperialism and more, provides an overview worthy of the energy which defined Zinn’s life.