books by Howard Fast

books by Howard Fast

books:

Howard Fast

Howard Fast

Bantam, 1983

A High School Junior Remembers
I read this book my freshman year of high school. Looking back, it was a slow book in my mind. However, that was mostly because we read it section by section and discussed each one. If I were to have read it on my own I would have been through it in about a day or ...

Spartacus (North Castle Books)

Howard Fast

M.E. Sharpe, 1996

A "novel" bit of propaganda
"Spartacus" gives the lie to the scientific law that two bodies cannot occupy the same space: it exists simultaneously as an epic piece of historical fiction and as powerful (if less-than-subtle) bit of Leftist propaganda. The fact that most people know the story of ...

Citizen Tom Paine

Howard Fast

Grove Press, 1994

Tom Paine - a Founder for the Common Man
The Tom Paine who Howard Fast creates in his excellent historical novel Citizen Tom Paine is not a traditionally sympathetic character. He is a course peasant with a chip on his shoulder, full of self-pity, usually rash, and often drunk, dirty, and mean. Yet through ...

My Glorious Brothers

Howard Fast

Little, Brown and Company, 1948

A great piece of historical fiction - strongly recommended (a history teacher's review)
When I teach world history I always give my students a project in which they are to read a piece of historical fiction and do a bit of research. This book is exactly the type of book I recommend for them to read and why I created the project in the first place. It is ...

My Glorious Brothers

Howard Fast

Amereon Limited, 1988

Just added this to my short list of favorites
I just finished this book. First and foremost I really enjoyed reading it. I decided to read it because I know so little about Jewish history; I had heard the name Judas Maccabeus but I didn't know who he was. I would like to say that it is wrong to consider this ...

The Immigrant's Daughter

Howard Fast

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985

from the back cover of book
The Lavettes-Torn by divorce, dissension, and warring passions, the Lavettes face their most painful truths, mirroring a nation divided in the aftermath of Vietnam. The loves that seemed inviolate, the unquestioned loyalties, are struck down in an era of broken ...

Masuto Investigates, Volume 1 (Crime-Fiction Series) ?(Masao Masuto mystery)
Howard Fast, E.V. Cunningham

I Books, 2000

Masao Masuto is a Nisei detective on the Beverly Hills police force -- a cultured stranger in an even stranger land of traffic-clogged freeways, artery-clogging fast food...and brutal murders. Here, collected for the first time, are the two adventures that launched the popular crime-fiction series created by Howard Fast: In "Samantha," a Hollywood ...

Freedom road, by Howard Fast

Howard (1914-2003) Fast

New York, Book Find Club, 1944

Great Novel!
If you're looking for a fictional representation of Reconstruction times this book is a must! Howard Fast writes in a narrative fashion making it easy to get caught up in the story, I didn't want to put it down! Fast introduces readers to Gideon Jackson who acts as the ...

Freedom Road (American History Through Literature)

Howard Fast

M.E. Sharpe, 1995

Freedom Won and Lost - will we repeat this history in Iraq?
I listened to this book on tape and it was moving and relevent to what is happening today in Iraq. A captive people were freed and fought for their freedom only to have the insurrectionists, the Klu Klux Klan in this book, return to power and harrass and oppress them. ...

The Jews: Story of a People

Howard Fast

IBooks, Inc., 2006

The Story of the Nation of Israel
The Jews : Story of a People by Howard Fast Howard Fast was a most brilliant author. I have read his novels that revolve around the history of Ancient Israel: My Glorious Brothers; Moses, Prince of Egypt and Agrippa's Daughter. In this work , published ...

The Hessian: A Novel

Howard Fast

William Morrow & Co, 1972

The best book by a great story-teller
Over the past 45 (of my 60) years, I've read or skimmed through almost every one of the many books Howard Fast has written. This is my favorite. I have used it - when it was available - in my American History classes. Like the better known April Morning, its setting ...

The Immigrants

Howard Fast

Houghton Mifflin (T), 1977

Fascinating Novel
Well, I must say that this is one hell of a novel. I think Howard Fast is much more better than other well-known authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald or J.R.R Tolken. A very well done. This is a must read. Later! :)

The Dinner Party
Howard Fast

Houghton Mifflin (T), 1987

Howard Fast has placed the entire action of this highly charged novel in the space of one day at the substantial home of a prominent United States senator. This dinner party sounds like a well-ordered and gracious affair, but as events unfold, there are things to be settled - some are political and ethical, some are emotional, and some are ...

ESTABLISHMENT
Howard M. Fast

Houghton Mifflin, 1979

In "The Establishment", Howard Fast pulls the listener into the turbulent and passionate lives of the Dan Lavette family story begun in "The Immigrants" and continued in "Second Generation". Howard Fast again brings to life a cast of characters whose lives become a portrait of their time. Listeners will witness the events in the lives of the ...

Second Generation
Howard Fast

Houghton Mifflin (T), 1978

With the publication of The Immigrants, "a most wonderful book," according to Harlan Ellison in the Los Angeles Times, Howard Fast once again proved himself to be one of this country's most popular authors. In Second Generation, Fast continues the story of Dan Lavette, the young Italian who lost his parents but launched a stormy and ...