Eugene L. Conrotto

Eugene L. Conrotto was born in Gilroy, California, at the southern end of Santa Clara Valley known today as Silicon Valley. He has lived his life two decades at a time. For the first 20 years he was a student, that experience culminating in a degree in anthropology from Stanford University. For the next 20 years he was a journalist in the California desert: editor of the award-winning Desert Magazine. His first book--Lost Desert Bonanzas--came from this experience. The third 20 years of his life saw him return to the classroom as a teacher. Hence: Classroom Strategies for the Subversive English Teacher. The fourth twenty years—and still counting—pretty much confirms Conrotto’s belief that the spreading of good cheer is not among his responsibilities. Conrotto is also the author of Miwok Means People, The Memoirs of Caesar Honore, An Annotated Chronology of the California Gold Rush, Notes on My Stay in a Convalescent Hospital, Avanti America, A Day with the Ant-People, and A Chronology of Unitarian-Universalist Celebrated Individuals.