American Prophet

Author, lawyer, and activist Carey McWilliams has been described as the finest nonfiction writer on California, the state’s most astute political observer, and the California left’s one-man think tank. Yet, most Californians remain unaware of McWilliams’s literary output, tireless activism, staggering achievement, and formidable enemies.

In American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams, Bay Area author Peter Richardson traces the arc of McWilliams’s extraordinary career.