TRUE BELIEVER, THE - TOUGHS ON THE NATURE OF MASS MOVEMENTS

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.