Blind as a child, Eric Hoffer--one of America's most important thinkers--regained his sight at the age of fifteen and became a voracious reader. At eighteen, fate would take his remaining family, sending him on the road with three hundred dollars and into the life of a Depression Era migrant worker, but his appetite for knowledge--history, science, mankind--remained and became the basis for his insights on human nature. Filled with timeless aphorisms and entertaining stories, Truth Imagined tracks Hoffer's years on the road ...
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Blind as a child, Eric Hoffer--one of America's most important thinkers--regained his sight at the age of fifteen and became a voracious reader. At eighteen, fate would take his remaining family, sending him on the road with three hundred dollars and into the life of a Depression Era migrant worker, but his appetite for knowledge--history, science, mankind--remained and became the basis for his insights on human nature. Filled with timeless aphorisms and entertaining stories, Truth Imagined tracks Hoffer's years on the road, which served as the breeding ground for his most fertile thoughts. (Restored to print by noted author Christopher Klim.)
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Price clipped dj has mild scuffing. Trace of shelfwear to boards. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding.
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Very Good. 97 pages. Very good, some foxing (spotting) on top page edges and a little browning on endpapers, in a near fine dust jacket (in fresh mylar protector), overall a nice, clean copy. First printing with full number line. Additional photo(s) available upon request. Prompt, professional shipping, with free tracking on U.S. orders!
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First Edition, First Printing. --Autobiographical memoir by this longshoreman-philosopher, life in California in the 1920s and 1930s. Eric Hoffer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983. --Hardcover. Condition: very good (edges faintly spotted) with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 006015215X.