Author: Hoffer, Eric [1902 - 1983]
Title: The TEMPER Of OUR TIME
Description: New York: Harper & Row, 1967. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED as "Eric". Hardback. Yellow topstain. Dust jacket. xii, [2 (blank)], 111, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. VG (slight lean/spotting to top edge)/VG (age-toning/chipping). Hoffer "was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change (1963) was his finest work. The Eric Hoffer Book Award is an international literary prize established in his honor. Berkeley College awards an annual literary prize named jointly for Hoffer." [Wiki] Here, the philosophic longshoreman offer ssays ranging from the 'Negro Revolution' to 'Automation & Technology'.

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