Herds and Hermits: America's Lone Wolves and Submissive Sheep

225 Pages·2009·2.29 MB·English

by  Terry Reed

O H H
f erds and ermits

O H H
f erds and ermits
a ’ L W s s
mericas One OLvesand ubmissive Heep
or
t a i L O
He merican nteLLectuaLas Oner and utcast
Terry Reed
Algora Publishing
New York
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data —
Reed, Terry, 1937-
Of herds and hermits : America’s lone wolves and submissive sheep / Terry Reed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-87586-684-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-87586-685-7 (alk. paper)
— ISBN 978-0-87586-686-4 (e-book) 1. Individualism—United States. 2. Social role—
United States. 3. Group identity—United States. 4. Interpersonal relations—United
States. I. Title.
HM1276.R44 2008
302.5’40973—dc22
2008048536
Front Cover: Priest on Meadow with Sheep, © Christine Schneider/zefa/Corbis
Printed in the United States
In memory of my father
who opened the doors of possibility

tabLe Of cOntents
cHapter 1. tHe bike and tHe bencH 1
cHapter 2. GOinG my Way 41
cHapter 3. WHat price affiLiatiOn? 79
cHapter 4. yOurs fraternaLLy: brinGinG in tHe sHeep 121
cHapter 5. tHe inteLLectuaL as LOner 165
bibLiOGrapHy 207
index 211