The first full-length biography of the immensely productive and
influential author, attorney, activist, and former editor of the
Nation. A long-overdue book on the brilliant life and career of one
of our greatest public intellectuals, American Prophet will
introduce Carey McWilliams to a new generation of readers. Peter
Richardson's absorbing and elegantly paced book maps the evolution
of McWilliams through a deft interplay of correspondence, personal
details about McWilliams and his professional and social milieu,
McWilliams's own diary notes, his published writings, and his own
and others' observations on a colorful and influential cast of
characters from Hollywood, New York, Washington, D.C., and the
American West. Among those making an appearance are H. L. Mencken
(McWilliams's mentor and role model), Louis Adamic, John Fante,
Robert Towne, Richard Nixon, Studs Terkel, J. Edgar Hoover, Arthur
Schlesinger, Jr., and Joseph McCarthy. ""American Prophet""
illustrates the arc of McWilliams's life and career, from his early
writing through his law, business, and political careers in the
30s, 40s, and 50s, to his two decades as editor of the Nation. This
book makes the case for McWilliams's place in the Olympian realm of
our most influential and prescient political writers. McWilliams
was deeply involved in a wide array of social issues throughout his
life: labor and race problems in Southern California, the
internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, McCarthy's
anti-communist witch hunt, and Richard Nixon's decline and fall.
Anyone concerned about civil liberties during wartime, immigration,
the environment, inequality, racial and ethnic diversity, and
declining civic participation should read this book.
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