Eric Hoffer: The Longshoreman Philosopher

By Thomas Bethell

Book Overview

Drawn from Eric Hoffer's private papers as well as interviews with those who knew him, this detailed biography paints a picture of a truly original American thinker and writer. Author Tom Bethell interviewed Hoffer in the years just before his death, and his meticulous accounts of those meetings offer new insights into the man known as the "Longshoreman Philosopher."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817914145
• ISBN13: 9780817914141
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"