Land of Orange Groves and Jails: Upton Sinclair's California (California Legacy Book)
''Land of Orange Groves and Jailsshould be required reading for every course on California history.''--Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author ofRed Dirt: Growing up Okie''Entertaining and instructive, like the demonstrated facts of Sinclair's equally implausible but real life, so effectively rendered in Coodley's imaginative anthology.''--Los Angeles Times''A must-read for students of literature, history, and political science.''--Metroactive Books''Thanks to this brilliant anthology, we can now realize that Upton Sinclair deserves to be considered in the company of Carey McWilliams as an astute and pivotal observer of Southern California in the first half of the twentieth century.''--Kevin Starr, professor of history, University of Southern California and State Librarian Emeritus''Like a skillful host, Professor Coodley introduces us to a fascinating individual, a force of nature whose activism moved history.'' --Gray Brechin, Author of Imperial San Francisco and Co-author of Farewell Promised Land