{"id":984,"date":"2009-06-17T10:12:54","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T15:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=984"},"modified":"2009-06-17T14:49:07","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T19:49:07","slug":"harry-browne-rip-new-books-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/17\/harry-browne-rip-new-books-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Browne, RIP  &#038; New Books Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This would have been author and freedom fighter Harry Browne&#8217;s 76th birthday.  Harry (who passed away in 2006) did great work for decades and he helped awake and inspire many people to the value of freedom and the perils of political saviors.  His work on surviving economic nosedives is more relevant now than it has been since the 1970s. <\/p>\n<p>Harry&#8217;s widow, Pamela Wolfe Browne, created an excellent website tribute to Harry <a href=\"http:\/\/harrybrowne.org\/Journal.htm\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.  She has also made available several new e-books of Harry&#8217;s writings, both published and unpublished.   They are available at the same web page. <\/p>\n<p>Pamela also has a personal message posted today at DownsizerDC.org  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downsizedc.org\/blog\/help+celebrate+harry+browne%27s+birthday\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The last time I saw Harry was at the LP National Convention in Atlanta in 2004.  He came up behind me and put a hand on my bald head. It was a hoot &#8211; like getting a priest\u2019s blessings.<\/p>\n<p>I much appreciated Harry\u2019s fighting spirit and his fine sense of humor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This would have been author and freedom fighter Harry Browne&#8217;s 76th birthday. Harry (who passed away in 2006) did great work for decades and he helped awake and inspire many people to the value of freedom and the perils of political saviors. 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