Alexander Saxton is a Non-Fiction Author who has a net worth of $155 Billion. He was born in July 16, 1919 and is best known for his 1975 historical work The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California. He has also written several novels, including The Great Midland and Bright Web in the Darkness.
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💰 Net worth: $155 Billion (2024)
About
Best known for his 1975 historical work The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California, this writer, historian, and Asian American studies scholar also penned several novels, including The Great Midland and Bright Web in the Darkness.
Before Fame
After graduating from the University of Chicago, he served during World War II in the United States Merchant Marine. His first novel, Grand Crossing, was published when he was just twenty-four years old.
Trivia
After receiving a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, he taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, founding the school's Asian American Studies Center.
Family Life
His father, Eugene Saxton, was the chief editor for Harper & Brothers, and his brother, Mark Saxton, also had a prominent career as a writer and editor. Alexander Saxton and his wife, Trudy, were parents to two daughters.
Associated With
While growing up in Manhattan, New York, he was acquainted with such notable writers as Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) and Thornton Wilder (Our Town).
