Thaddeus Golas: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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{{Short description|American writer}}

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'''Thaddeus Stanley Golas''' (June 15, 1924 -– April 16, 1997) was an American writer active in the self-help, New Age, and psychedelic genres.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituaries: Thaddeus S. Golas|work=[[Sarasota Herald Tribune]]|date=19 April 1997|page= 6B|via=[[NewsBank]]}}</ref> His most well-known work is ''The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment,'' which he self-published in 1972 and which was later picked up by [[Bantam Books]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The easy road to enlightenment|first=Robert|last= Hefner| work= [[The Canberra Times]]|date=11 December 2005|via=[[NewsBank]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite newspapernews|first=D.C.|last=Denison|title=Where there's no will|work=[[The Boston Phoenix]]|date=January 11, 1983|volume=12|issue=2|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1983-01-11_12_2/page/n35/mode/2up}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Golas was the youngest of five children. His parents were born in Poland and met in the United States. His first ten years he lived in [[Paterson, New Jersey]]. His father died when he was four, and his mother remarried when he was ten. At this point the family moved to a farm in Pennsylvania with no electricity or indoor plumbing. The stepfather died four years later. Soon the family returned to Paterson, where Golas attended and graduated from Central High School. An avid reader from a young age, he elected for journalism classes and by 1939 he was working in editing and publishing for the school paper ''The Tatler'', for the ''Colt Press'' and ''The Paterson Evening News''. During his childhood and adolescence he had very little advice, assistance or emotional support from family or community and was forced to be self motivated.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Lazy Man's Life|last=Golas|first=Thaddeus}}</ref>

== Education and career ==

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== Publications ==

Seed Center Books, Even Lazier Publishing, an independent publishing company in Encino, California, publishes Golas' work.

* ''Love and Pain'', a 176 page paperback

* ''The Lazy Man’sMan's Life'', a 523 page paperback autobiography

* ''The Cosmic Airdrome'', a 140 page paperback which is a collection of articles and writings

* ''The Lazy Man’sMan's Guide to Enlightenment'', a 91 page paperback

* ''The Lazy Man’sMan's Guide to Enlightenment'', French language edition translated by Sylvain Despretz

* ''The Lazy Man’sMan's Guide to Enlightenment'', audio CD of the author reading his book

== References ==

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*[http://www.thaddeusgolas.com The Thaddeus Golas Café: Official home of Thaddeus Golas and his Cosmic Aerodrome]

*[http://lccn.loc.gov/95021322 Library of Congress Online Catalog Record]

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