Source: The Jolly Libertarian
by Marco den Ouden
“In 1951 an extraordinary book was published. Its author was a relatively unknown man who worked on the waterfront of San Francisco as a longshoreman. He had reportedly gone blind at the age of seven and recovered his sight at age fifteen. Fearful of losing his sight again, he became a voracious reader. In fact, he became an autodidact, a self-taught man reading on a wide variety of topics. …. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements was published in March 1951. The book that would make Eric Hoffer famous. A reclusive man who lived modestly, Hoffer continued to work as a longshoreman, reading and writing in his spare time. And he became known as the Longshoreman Philosopher.” (10/28/25)
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