sure i recommend the book for sure.......joanna (who happens to be a good
friend of mine) sure knows what she is talking about.....
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From: radman <resist@best.com>
To: sixties-l@lists.village.virginia.edu
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Date: Sunday, September 10, 2000 12:34 AM
Subject: [sixties-l] Steal the Movie, Not the Reprint
>Steal the Movie, Not the Reprint: Abbie Hoffman Autobio Resurfaces
>
><http://www.publishersweekly.com>
>
>The Autobiography of Abbie Hoffman, originally published in 1980 as Soon to
>Be a Major Motion Picture and out of print 10 years, is being reprinted in
>October by Four Walls Eight Windows.
>
>[For those trustworthy people under 30: Abbie Hoffman was one of the
>original Yippies, a member of the Chicago 7 and a witty leftist who died in
>1989.]
>
>The book will appear soon after the release of Steal This Movie, a film
>about Hoffman's life that his estate considers, in the words of his widow,
>Johanna Lawrenson, "awful." Nonetheless, Lawrenson said, "I am optimistic
>that new generations will want to find out more about him and read the real
>story in his own words."
>
>The book will include new photos taken by Lawrenson and a new afterword by
>historian Howard Zinn. Distributed by PGW, Four Walls Eight Windows is the
>publisher of Hoffman's Steal This Book and The Best of Abbie Hoffman.
>
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