Reviews for ICH Bin Ein Jude

The average rating for ICH Bin Ein Jude based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-05-25 00:00:00 Fred Sanford Carey McWilliams is one of my heroes, and so I eagerly picked up this book when my friend Lisa Maldonado suggested it. I was not at all disappointed in the writing nor the excellent way author Peter Richardson placed McWilliams in his historical context all the way through the 20th C. from early attempts to organize farmworkers in the 1930s to opposition to the Vietnam War. What did surprise -- and, I guess, disappoint -- me was to learn of my hero's feet of clay. This amazing and prolific writer, who was way ahead of his time in writing about race, poverty and exploitation of labor long before any of those crucial issues were on the mainstream political agenda, had shortcomings and prejudices that one would never detect from his writings. Disappointing but makes for fascinating reading!

Review # 2 was written on 2009-12-01 00:00:00 Jon Mills Few things get me engrossed like a good biography- and this is one of the best I've ever read. If you are into California history or progressive politics, and especially if you are into California political history, this book will engross you too. Richardson does a really good job- managing to cover a lot of details over the span of about sixty years, with only tiny stretches of monotony.