For the hell of it : the life and times of Abbie Hoffman /
Raskin, Jonah, 1942-
For the hell of it : the life and times of Abbie Hoffman / Jonah Raskin. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1996. - 1 online resource (xxxii, 315 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-296) and index.
"I'm Abbie Hoffman" -- Bad behavior -- A thousand faces -- Civil rights and wrongs -- White mischief, black power -- Death of a salesman, birth of a hippie -- The mythic revolutionary -- The apotheosis of Abbie Hoffman -- Busy being born, busy dying -- Fire in a crowded courtroom -- American Armageddon -- The longest good-bye: 1974-1989 -- A cautionary note.
Drawing on his own twenty-year relationship with Hoffman, hundreds of interviews with friends, family members, and former comrades, and careful scrutiny of FBI files, court records, and public documents, Raskin provides the best account we have of this mercurial figure. He takes us from Hoffman's childhood in Worcester, Massachusetts, through his civil rights and antiwar activities - in particular his roles in the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the notorious Chicago Conspiracy trial the next year. Raskin chronicles Hoffman's cocaine bust, his years underground during the seventies, and his alternating fits of manic hyperactivity and paralyzing depression. When he took his own life in 1989, Hoffman was both larger than life and a deeply troubled soul.
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Hoffman, Abbie.
Hoffman, Abbie.
1900-1999
Radicals--United States--Biography.
Radicalism--History--United States--20th century.
Radicaux (Politique)--États-Unis--Biographies.
Radicalisme--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Radicalism.
Radicals.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
HN90.R3 / R37 1996eb
303.48/4 B
HN90.R3 / R37 1996eb
For the hell of it : the life and times of Abbie Hoffman / Jonah Raskin. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1996. - 1 online resource (xxxii, 315 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-296) and index.
"I'm Abbie Hoffman" -- Bad behavior -- A thousand faces -- Civil rights and wrongs -- White mischief, black power -- Death of a salesman, birth of a hippie -- The mythic revolutionary -- The apotheosis of Abbie Hoffman -- Busy being born, busy dying -- Fire in a crowded courtroom -- American Armageddon -- The longest good-bye: 1974-1989 -- A cautionary note.
Drawing on his own twenty-year relationship with Hoffman, hundreds of interviews with friends, family members, and former comrades, and careful scrutiny of FBI files, court records, and public documents, Raskin provides the best account we have of this mercurial figure. He takes us from Hoffman's childhood in Worcester, Massachusetts, through his civil rights and antiwar activities - in particular his roles in the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the notorious Chicago Conspiracy trial the next year. Raskin chronicles Hoffman's cocaine bust, his years underground during the seventies, and his alternating fits of manic hyperactivity and paralyzing depression. When he took his own life in 1989, Hoffman was both larger than life and a deeply troubled soul.
9780520921047 (electronic bk.) 0520921046 (electronic bk.) 0585091854 (electronic bk.) 9780585091853 (electronic bk.) 9780520205758 0520205758
95052181
GB9722287 bnb
000012096851 AU
Hoffman, Abbie.
Hoffman, Abbie.
1900-1999
Radicals--United States--Biography.
Radicalism--History--United States--20th century.
Radicaux (Politique)--États-Unis--Biographies.
Radicalisme--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Radicalism.
Radicals.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
HN90.R3 / R37 1996eb
303.48/4 B
HN90.R3 / R37 1996eb