Personal Recollections of Sam Francis by Jared Taylor

Jared Taylor, editor of American Renaissance, recalls meeting Samuel T. Francis in the late 1980s after being struck by Francis’s writing in a San Francisco newspaper, recognizing him as a kindred intellectual.
Their initial meeting in Washington, D.C., marked the beginning of a cherished friendship and professional collaboration, with Taylor noting that Francis was a key figure in encouraging him to launch American Renaissance and promised to contribute regularly.

Taylor describes Francis as a man of immense intellectual depth, with a warm and sensitive nature beneath a gruff exterior, and someone who was shy and often greeted callers as if they were bill collectors.