Tuesday, May 29, 2012

New Book!  The Longshoreman Philosopher about San Francisco Longshoreman and author, Eric Hoffer.




 ... Eric Hoffer was, if anything, even more remarkable than his book. When “The True Believer” was published in 1951, he was a largely self-educated longshoremen, aged 50 or thereabouts (there is doubt about his actual birth date), a barrel-chested guy who earned his living by loading and unloading ships on the docks of San Francisco. more...


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