E. Hoffman Price was a prolific pulp writer who dabbled in Forteanism—before finding to too dogmatic.
He was born in 1898 near Fresno California. His father was farmer. The family sold its orchard in 1905 and moved to San Jose. Later, his parents would separate, and he would stay with his mother, only meeting his father later in life. It may be—not to dabble too much in psychohistory (psychobabble)--that the absence of a father figure made Price obsessed with his own manliness. At any rate, his later memoirs--The Book of the Dead, Trooper of the 15th Horse, the introduction to his collection Far Lands, Other Days, and short columns for fan publications in the 1970s—certainly perseverate on what it takes to be a man.
He was born in 1898 near Fresno California. His father was farmer. The family sold its orchard in 1905 and moved to San Jose. Later, his parents would separate, and he would stay with his mother, only meeting his father later in life. It may be—not to dabble too much in psychohistory (psychobabble)--that the absence of a father figure made Price obsessed with his own manliness. At any rate, his later memoirs--The Book of the Dead, Trooper of the 15th Horse, the introduction to his collection Far Lands, Other Days, and short columns for fan publications in the 1970s—certainly perseverate on what it takes to be a man.
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