From West to East (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen Schwartz
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1500-1965
- Setting: California
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Communism or communists, Politics, Social issues, California, West, U.S., Conservatism, Liberalism, Popular culture, Railroads
- Locales: California
Stephen Schwartz is a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. He is an engaging, skilled writer given to subtly wry observations and ironic wordplay. His previous history books include A Strange Silence: The Emergency of Democracy in Nicaragua (1992) and Brotherhood of the Sea: A History of the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, 1885-1985 (1986).
California has long been celebrated and, just as often, vilified as a unique and bounteous land populated by a diverse collection of trendsetting visionaries, fad-following dilettantes, self-indulgent hedonists,...
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