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REVIEWS

(Portions of this list of reviews of Hoffer's books have been taken from the selected bibliography of Eric Hoffer, which is a study by James T. Baker of Hoffer's life and thought.)

Berman, Ronald. "Whose Country?" (review of First Things, Last Things).
National Review, 13 July 1971, pp. 765 ff.

Buckley, William F. "The True Questioner" (review of Before the Sabbath).
New York Times Book Review, 28 January 1979, pp. 9, 26-27.

"Dockside Montaigne" (review of The Passionate State of Mind).
Time, 14 March 1955, pp. 114 ff.

"Erich [sic] Hoffer: Secular Preacher" (review of The Ordeal of Change).
Chritstian Century, 29 May 1963, p. 727.

Featherstone, Joseph. "Hoffer as Historian" (review of The Temper of Our Time).
New Republic, June 3, 1967, pp. 30-32.

Gavin, William F. "In Our Time" (review of the same).
An American Spectator, October 1976, p. 35.

Kirsh, Robert. "Eric Hoffer in His Second Spring" (review of Before the Sabbath).
Los Angeles Times, 19 February 1979, p. 4.

Lynn, Ralph. "Before the Sabbath" (review of the same).
Waco Tribune-Herald, 17 May 1979, c:6.

Mackenzie, Ross. "Man of Sense" (review of Working and Thinking on the Waterfront).
National Review, 6 may 1969, p. 445.

Mariani, John F. "In Our Time" (review of the same).
Saturday Review,10 July 1976, p. 56.

Merchant, Norris. "Bestrides the Narrow World Like a Colossus" (review of Reflections on the Human Condition).
Nation, 13 August 1973, pp. 117-19.

Oberbeck, S. K. "Blue-Collar Plato" (review of The Temper of Our Time).
Newsweek, 16 January 1967, pp. 92-92a. ff.

"Philosopher of the Misfits" (review of The Ordeal of Change).
Time, 15 March 1963, pp. 109-10.

Seelye, John. "Bear and Hummingbird" (review of First Things, Last Things).
New Republic, 19 June 1971, pp. 28-31.

Whittenmore, Reed. "In Our Time" (review of the same).
New York Times Book Review, 4 July 1976, p. 12.

Wills, Garry. "Eric Hoffer's True Beliefs" (review of The Ordeal of Change).
National Review, 18 June 1963, p. 502 ff.