# Collection of essays of how people became conservatives?

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**Created:** [August 6, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-of-essays-of-how-people-became-conservatives/630630 "2012-08-06T16:50:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bpelta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-of-essays-of-how-people-became-conservatives/630630/1 "2012-08-06T16:50:40Z")

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I vaguely recall a few years back (somewhere between 2005 and 2010) reading a review of a book which was essentially a collection of essays about people who converted to conservatism. I’m looking for the title of this book. (It wasn’t _Second Thoughts: Former Radicals Look Back at the Sixties_.)

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-of-essays-of-how-people-became-conservatives/630630/2 "2012-08-06T21:39:21Z")

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How many of them had been mugged?

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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-of-essays-of-how-people-became-conservatives/630630/3 "2012-08-07T02:01:14Z")

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I hunted around for this but didn’t have any luck identifying it from the information you gave. Do you happen to remember the names of any of the individuals who were discussed in the book?

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-of-essays-of-how-people-became-conservatives/630630/4 "2012-08-07T03:40:14Z")

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[Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political Journeys](http://www.amazon.com/Why-Turned-Right-Conservatives-Chronicle/dp/1416528555) by Mary Eberstadt (2007)?

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**Author:** ![Bpelta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-of-essays-of-how-people-became-conservatives/630630/5 "2012-08-07T04:33:41Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> [Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political Journeys](http://www.amazon.com/Why-Turned-Right-Conservatives-Chronicle/dp/1416528555) by Mary Eberstadt (2007)?

That’s it! Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-of-essays-of-how-people-became-conservatives/630630/6 "2012-08-07T14:16:20Z")

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You’re welcome! 🙂