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HarperCollins Publishers Inc True Believer, The by Eric Hoffer
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` the first and most famous of his books 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 a visionary highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.