 First edition cover | |
| Author | Abbie Hoffman |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Pirate Editions / Grove Press |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 308 +xii, illustrations, bibliography[1] |
| ISBN | 1-56858-053-3 |
| OCLC | 32589277 |
| 335/.83 20 | |
| LC Class | HX843.7.H64 A3 1971a |
Steal This Book is a book written by Abbie Hoffman. Written in 1970 and published in 1971, the book exemplified the counterculture of the sixties. The book sold more than a quarter of a million copies between April and November 1971.[2] The number of copies that were stolen is unknown.[3]
The book is, in the style of the counterculture, mainly focused on ways to fight against the government and against corporations in any way possible. The book is written in the form of a guide to the youth. Hoffman, a political and social activist himself, used many of his own activities as the inspiration for some of his advice in Steal This Book.[4]
- ^ CATNYP: New York Public Library online catalog
- ^ Bill Hartel (August 26, 1996). "Steal This Book-Abbie's Magnum Opus".
- ^ Bates, Stephe (Summer 2011). "Stealing the Revolution". Wilson Quarterly. 35 (3): 13.
- ^ Linder, Douglas O. (21 Feb 2012). "The Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial". UMKC School of Law.