Richard Anthony Arthur (January 20, 1937 – December 15, 2009) was an American author and educator. Educated in

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and later

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, Arthur spent three years in the

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before becoming a journalist in

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. He returned to education and completed an MA in English at

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and in 1970 completed his PhD in English. He was a

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Arthur retired in 2002 from

California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge), is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. With a total enrollment of 36,848 students (as of Fall 2024), it has the ...

. He died in 2009.

Bibliography

* ''American Prose and Criticism, 1900-1950'', with Peter A. Brier, Gale Research, 1981 * ''Deliverance at Los Banos,'' St. Martin's Press, 1985 * ''Bushmasters, America's Jungle Warriors of World War II'', St. Martin's Press, 1987 * ''The Tailor-King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munster'', New York: St. Martins Press, 1999 * ''Literary Feuds: A Century of Celebrated Quarrels--from Mark Twain to Tom Wolfe'', New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002 * ''Clashes of Will: Great Confrontations That Have Shaped Modern America,'' with John Broesamle, 2004 * ''Twelve Great Clashes That Shaped Modern America: From Geronimo to George W. Bush,'' with John Broesamle, 2006 * ''Radical Innocent: Upton Sinclair'', Random House, 2006 * ''General Jo Shelby's March,'' Random House, 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arthur, Anthony Pennsylvania State University alumni California State University, Northridge faculty 1937 births 2009 deaths 20th-century American male writers