Steal This Book

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Summary: Now he belongs to the (p)ages !
Review: Broke my heart when Abbie left this world. Fills me with joy, to see his book back in print. Tough to steal it over Amazon.com, though Hoffman probably could have found a way. Instead, I nearly bought the super deluxe, library edition. (When did we get a hankering for hording ?) Nope. I'm buying a handful of paperback versions instead ... enough for my students to steal ! Blessings all ... What a long, strange trip its been !

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Summary: we lost him before we knew him...
Review: I was hanging out on an island at the Thousand Islands with my young children. I saw a small man with an intense face that hit a nerve. He walked into a door that said "save the river". I was going to follow, but sensed that I needed to honor the stranger's privacy. It was the last I saw of Abbie, and it makes me sad even today......

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Summary: worth a conviction
Review: When asked to give a guest lecture at San Jose State University, I used pages from the chapter on People's Chemistry as my handouts. The class was on education and my lecture was titled Burn Down All Public Schools.

It was a lot of fun.

Hoffman was a celebrity and an icon and you typically had strong feelings about him but there are two facts that are often overlooked:

One: He was an original.

Two: He was an exceptionally talented writer.

This book is a gem.

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Summary: Finding the Humor in Revolt and Insanity
Review: What Abbie Hoffman accomplished that so few revolutionaries did was to take the entire concept of rebellion and uprising and turn it inside out with humor and fun. He understood the pure insanity behind the fighting that turns brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor. Abbie realized the potential of "Protest as Theatre," and took that concept to a new extreme. Nowhere is that more apparent than in this classic book.

Abbie was an American Rebel, Robin Hood, and Groucho Marx all rolled in to one, but most of all he was just Abbie Hoffman -- an incredibly unique human being.

Too bad there are no rebels like Hoffman, Rubin, and the Black Panthers anymore. This country is going to hell, and all we do is stare at the TV screen. Abbie, we need you!

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Summary: Steve Vondran
Review: My boss says this is the coolest book! He went to Berkely and said it was the big hit up there. He relived his college days before our very eyes, when he ripped a big thick phone book in half (as the book describes). Keep in mind he is a 160 lb. weakling attorney!! I would get the book based on this obsertvation.

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Summary: Dated but definitive
Review: Although nearly all of the addresses (for underground newspapers and political groups) and technological advice (How to call for free on payphones; Using washers and foreign coins in vending machines) is sadly out-dated, this book is a watermark in the radicalism of the hippie era. Reading it is like reminiscing with an old friend. You can just about smell the reefer smoke. It still captures the spirit of that perilous time, and makes a great companion piece to Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas". On a practical note, it has important tips on: how to scrounge for free furniture; basic bread, cereal, and beans and rice recipies; making sandals out of old tires; getting free publicity for your cause; first aid techniques (just in case the riot goes the wrong way); even how to establish a grocery co-operative (Abbie called it a "food conspiracy"...ever the radical!). Someone should write a newer version of a book like this. Ah, Abbie, I miss you old rascal!

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Summary: Legendary Guide for a Free Life
Review: One of the most fascinating books I have ever read. Do not let the capitalists control your body and mind. Smash the State! STEAL THIS BOOK!

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Summary: steal this (out-dated useless) book
Review: this book may actually have been remotely usefull sometime around the time of its publication but as for the nineties it offers nothing more than a laugh at times. hoffman was not by any means a revolutionary. he was more like a loud mouthed drug user. if you would like an actual survival manual go down to your local army-navy store and give them the 2.50 or whatever for the army's survival guide.

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Summary: This Book is the best of all time it is the essence of 60's
Review: This is my favorite book it is so wonderful it isent just a book it is an era and i feel everyone should read it eccept for children that have problems figuring right from rong

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Summary: Steal This Book - Really.
Review: Abbie Hoffman's book is full of some funny anecdotes and thoughtful phrases. Read what other people have to say about it cause I just want to tell you to steal it!! Don't buy it here!! Steal the book and steal others too, don't let the capitalists take ahold of your mind. Immerse yourselves in knowledge, then get organizing. I find it useful to walk into B&N with empty boxes inside of bags - fill'em up!!