CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- The Enigma of Eric Hoffer -- The Migrant Worker -- On the Waterfront -- Intimate Friendships -- The True Believer -- Hoffer as a Public Figure -- The Literary Life -- America and the Intellectuals -- God, Jehovah, and the Jews -- The Longshoreman Philosopher -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX ONE Quotations and Comments -- APPENDIX TWO Increasing His Word-power -- APPENDIX THREE "Reflections," by Eric Hoffer -- NOTES -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX.