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Josephine Alexander

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Biloxi, Mississippi, The United States

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Josephine Alexander (1909-1993) was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, raised in New Orleans, and studied English and anthropology at UC Berkeley. During the Depression, she spent fourteen years as an Arizona homesteader and dude rancher, and in 1948, returned to California, where she worked as a prize-winning journalist and photographer to support herself and her two children. Jo's 1981 book, America Through the Eye of My Needle (The Dial Press), received widespread acclaim for its critical analysis of business conglomerates.

Praise for America Through the Eye of My Needle:
A "clear-eyed, lucid appraisal of society's ills and their causes."—Publisher's Weekly
A "wise, unpretentious book."—San Francisco Chronicle

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	At Sea on the Range: From Berkeley Radical to Arizona Homesteader, 1934-1948 by Josephine Alexander (Goodreads Author), Natalya Lukin (preface), Nancy Manahan (Goodreads Author) (introduction) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America Through the Eye of My Needle: Common Sense for the 80's 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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