num_pages: 177
description: 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.
language: None
title: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
titlecomplete: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
genres: Political Science, Society, Politics, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, Social Science, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 9946
awards: awardedAt: -599587200000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Gold)
publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics