12 Facts About Alexander Saxton

Alexander Plaisted Saxton was an American historian, novelist, and university professor.

Alexander Saxton was the author of the pioneering Indispensable Enemy, one of the founding texts in Asian American studies.

Alexander Saxton was raised on the East Side of Manhattan, his parents were known to have famous writers over for dinner such as Thornton Wilder and Aldous Huxley.

Alexander Saxton attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard, but dropped out in his junior year to become a laborer in Chicago.

Alexander Saxton published his first novel, Grand Crossing in 1943, when he was 24 years old.

Alexander Saxton did eventually get his bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago, mainly to appease his parents.

Alexander Saxton said he was part of a generation "radicalized by the Great Depression," going on to say:.

Alexander Saxton was one of the founding fathers of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the creator of new courses in American history, including the first course on Filipino-American history and another on Film and History.

Alexander Saxton taught American history at UCLA from 1968 until his retirement in 1990.

Alexander Saxton had two daughters, one who died in 1990 and another who died of cancer in April 2019.

Alexander Saxton's death was by a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Lone Pine, California, on August 20,2012.

Alexander Saxton's daughter said her father wished to choose the time and place of his death, like other transitions in his life.