Review: American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams by Peter Richardson

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Book Review| February 01 2020 Review: American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams by Peter Richardson American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams. By Peter Richardson (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. 354 pp. $34.95 paperback). Michael F. Magliari Michael F. Magliari Michael F. Magliari is Professor of History at California State University, Chico, and a co-author of the new fifth edition of the college textbook, The Elusive Eden: A New History of California (2020). He is also co-author (with Michael J. Gillis) of John Bidwell and California: The Life and Writings of a Pioneer (2003). Magliari’s current research focuses on the history of Native American slavery and bound servitude in California during the gold rush and Civil War eras. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Southern California Quarterly (2020) 102 (1): 89–91. https://doi.org/10.1525/scq.2020.102.1.89 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Michael F. Magliari; Review: American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams by Peter Richardson. Southern California Quarterly 1 February 2020; 102 (1): 89–91. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/scq.2020.102.1.89 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentSouthern California Quarterly Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2020 by The Historical Society of Southern California2020 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.