Quote of the day
I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
Carey McWilliams
Born: December 13, 1905
Died: June 27, 1980 (aged 74)
Bio: Carey McWilliams was an American author, editor, and lawyer. He is best known for his writings about social issues in California, including the condition of migrant farm workers and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Known for:
- Southern California: an island on the land (1946)
- Factories in the field (1939)
- California, the great exception (1949)
- North from Mexico (1949)
- Mask for privilege: anti-Semitism in America (1948)