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Ray Raphael
Ray
Raphael, author of eleven books, has been a “people’s historian” for
the past thirty years. In addition to works of history, he has published
books on subjects as diverse as male initiation rites, education,
and timber politics, for both trade and academic presses. An Everyday History of Somewhere, published by Alfred A. Knopf, won
the Commonwealth Club award for the best book of the year about California.
In 2001 Raphael culminated a decade of scholarly research with the
publication of his monumental People’s
History of the American Revolution, praised widely in both the
popular press and academic journals. The
initial research for his current book, The
First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord, was
made possible by a fellowship from the National Endowment for the
Humanities. Raphael has taught at Humboldt State University and College
of the Redwoods and now works as a full-time researcher and writer.