Hoffer, Eric
Biographical Note
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1898:
Born, New York (?) -
1920s -1930s :Works as migrant farm laborer and gold miner in California, Oregon, and Washington -
1942:
Begins work as a longshoreman in San Francisco, California -
1951:
Author, The True Believer -
1955:
Author, The Passionate State of Mind -
1963:
Author, The Ordeal of Change -
1967:
Author, The Temper of Our TimeInvited to the White House by President Lyndon B. Johnson -
1967 -1969 :Writes nationally syndicated newspaper column, “Reflections” -
1968 -1969 :Member, National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence -
1969:
Author, Working and Thinking on the Waterfront -
1973:
Author, Reflections on the Human Condition, 1973 -
1979:
Author, Before the Sabbath -
1983:
Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald ReaganDied, San Francisco, CaliforniaAutobiography, Truth Imagined, published posthumously
From the guide to the Eric Hoffer papers, 1934-1985, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)
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| referencedIn | William Gedney Photographs and Writings, 1940s-1989 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Green, Robert. Papers, 1961-2002. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| creatorOf | Eric Hoffer papers, 1934-1985 | Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace | |
| referencedIn | George S. Schuyler Papers, 1912-1976. | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | New Yorker records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives |
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| correspondedWith | New Yorker Magazine, Inc | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Schuyler, George Samuel, 1895- | person |
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