Carey McWilliams's books include "California" "The Great Exception" (California, 1998), "Ill Fares the Land: Migrants & Migratory Labor in the U.S." (1942), "Ambrose Bierce: A Biography" (1929), "Brothers under Skin" (1943) and "Southern California: An Island on the Land" (1946). Douglas C. Sackman teaches history at Oberlin College.