Carleton Beals (November 13, 1893 – April 4, 1979) was an American journalist, writer, historian, and political activist with a special interest in Latin America.
His father, Leon Eli Beals, lawyer and journalist, was the stepson[4] of Carrie Nation,[5] the temperance movement advocate.
After graduating from high school in 1911, he worked a variety of jobs while attending the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied engineering and mining.
(Time, April 25, 1938) Unable to find work as a writer, Beals took a job with Standard Oil Company, but it did not suit him.
Back in Mexico, he became a correspondent for The Nation, separated from his wife, and became romantically involved with photographer Tina Modotti's sister, Mercedes.
[18] His biography subjects included Porfirio Díaz, Huey P. Long, Roberto de la Selva, Stephen F. Austin, John Eliot, Carrie Nation, and Leon Trotsky.
[10] His travels took him to French Morocco[broken anchor], Tunisia, Algiers, Greece, Turkey, the Soviet Union, Germany, and the Caribbean.