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Two lists

Listverse offers a list of ten modern hermits:

  1. Valerio Ricetti (1898—1952)
  2. Noah John Rondeau (1883—1967)
  3. Robert Harrill (1893—1972)
  4. Arthur Leslie Darwin (1879—1977)
  5. Despina Achladioti (1890—1982)
  6. Manfred Gnädinger (1940—2002)
  7. Richard Proenneke (1916—2003)
  8. Willard Kitchener MacDonald (1916—2004)
  9. Józef “Fred” Stawinoga (1920—2007)
  10. Tom Leppard (1934—present)

The US magazine Saturday Evening Post offers “Resources for Would-be Hermits.” The list for reading consists of: the newsletter “Raven’s Bread,” the book Consider The Ravens: On Contemporary Hermit Life by Paul A. and Karen Karper Fredette, Sister Laurel O’Neal’s blog, “Notes from Stillsong Hermitage,” and the book Thoughts In Solitude by Thomas Merton.

Also listed are “Famous American Hermits”: Robert Voorhis, Dorothy Molter, Richard Proenneke, and Daniel Suelo.

NOTE: These two items appear just after news of the arrest of the Maine “hermit” Christopher Knight races across web media sites, perpetuating a negative image of hermits, who have never lived by stealing. Given the sparsity of the two lists above, one may wonder about their timely appearance.

ListVerse URL: http://listverse.com/2013/04/11/10-modern-day-hermits/
Saturday Evening Post URL: http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/04/11/in-the-magazine/trends-and-opinions/hermit-resources.html