A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. 'The true believer' was made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences. Completely relevant and essential for understanding the world today, 'The true believer' is highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.
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