Richard Anthony Arthur (January 20, 1937 – December 15, 2009) was an American author and educator.[1]

Educated in Pennsylvania and later California, Arthur spent three years in the US Army before becoming a journalist in Arizona. He returned to education and completed an MA in English at Penn State University and in 1970 completed his PhD in English. He was a Fulbright Scholar[2]

Arthur retired in 2002 from California State University, Northridge. He died in 2009.[3]

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 ISBN 0-312-20515-5
• 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[4]

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