Steal This Book

Steal This Book
	First edition cover
Author	Abbie Hoffman
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Pirate Editions / Grove Press
Publication date	1971
Pages	308 +xii, illustrations, bibliography
ISBN	1-56858-053-3
OCLC	32589277
Dewey Decimal	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.

[1] CATNYP: New York Public Library online catalog

[2] Bill Hartel (August 26, 1996). "Steal This Book-Abbie's Magnum Opus".

[WilsonQuarterly-3] Bates, Stephe (Summer 2011). "Stealing the Revolution". Wilson Quarterly. 35 (3): 13.

[4] Linder, Douglas O. (21 Feb 2012). "The Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial". UMKC School of Law.

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