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Steal this book is, in a way, a manual of survival in the prison that is amerika. The book that earned abbie hoffman a fiveyear prison term at the chicago conspiracy trial. Fighting drug hysteria in america 1987, penguin, isbn 0140104003 by hoffman and jonathan silvers. Steal this book is a rambling tirade about class envy and hatred of the rich. The faking of the president 1988 with jonathan silvers 1999 autobiography of abbie hoffman. As a child in the 1940s50s, he was a member of what has been described as the transitional generation between the beatniks and hippies. Abbot howard abbie hoffman november 30, 1936 april 12, 1989 was an american social and political activist at woodstock in 1969, hoffman ran onstage to interrupt the whos performance. Abbie hoffman is a consummate hypocrite, writing an entire tome about how rotten capitalism is, while enjoying the benefits of capitalism. Hoffman was raised in a middleclass household and had two younger siblings. Abbie hoffman published a book titled steal this book which exemplified the counterculture of the 1960s. Abbie hoffman books list of books by author abbie hoffman. Isbn 9781560256908 9781560256908 softcover, da capo press, 2005.
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