Richard Anthony Arthur (January 20, 1937 – December 15, 2009) was an American author and educator. Legacy.com post of Los Angeles Times obituary
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
Arthur retired in 2002 from California State University, Northridge. He died in 2009.
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 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
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