Peter Schrag
American journalist and author (1931–2026)
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Peter Schrag (July 24, 1931 – March 19, 2026) was an American journalist and author.[1] He was the editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee from 1978 to 1997.[2][3] Schrag died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 94.[1]
Books
- The Fires of Philadelphia: Citizen-Soldiers, Nativists, and the 1844 Riots Over the Soul of a Nation (Pegasus Books, 2021)[4]
- California Fights Back: The Golden State in the Age of Trump (Heyday Books, 2018)
- Not Fit for Our Society: Immigration and Nativism in America (University of California Press, 2010)
- California: America's High-Stakes Experiment (University of California Press, 2006)
- Final Test: The Battle for Adequacy in America's Schools (The New Press, 2003)
- Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future (The New Press, 1998)
- Mind Control (Pantheon Books, 1978)
- with Diane Divoky, The Myth of the Hyperactive Child: And Other Means of Child Control (Pantheon Books, 1975)
- Test of Loyalty: Daniel Ellsberg and the Rituals of Secret Government (Simon & Schuster, 1974)
- The Decline of the WASP (Simon & Schuster, 1970)
- Out of Place in America: Essays for the End of an Age (Random House, 1970)
- Village School Downtown: Boston Schools, Boston Politics (Beacon Press, 1967)
- Voices in the Classroom: Public Schools and Public Attitudes (Beacon Press, 1965)
