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To America with Love: Letters from the Underground

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"To America With Love: Letters From The Underground" is one of the most beautiful and personal books I've ever read. The book itself compiles a number of written correspondences between 60s radical Abbie Hoffman and his beautiful wife Anita after Abbie was forced to go underground as he was facing a guaranteed life sentence for drug related charges.

What the book shows is the frustration of Abbie himself being away from his wife, and young son america Hoffman (yes, his name is spelled with a small "A"), the rantings of a man who loved his country but not it's workings. With Anita we see the growth of a young woman -- and single mother -- coming into her own and attempting to build a life without Abbie for herself and america.

I highly recommend this great book to those who claim that revolution is cold, and uncaring, as it shows the love of a family who were on the frontlines of revolution during the 1960s. I would also recommend this to anyone who wants to know more of Abbie and Anita outside of the well-documented history the couple was known for...

I read this book & became instantly inspired; I began searching for ways to help my community and 'fight' verbally for my rights. It is a very beautiful, romantic book as well as empowering. The book consists of letters that show when two people are truly commited to eachother and a cause (or more than one cause), they never trully fall away from eachother. This book will pull your emotions up one minute and bring tears to your eyes the next. I ended up highlighting half the book b/c I wanted to remember it all; I have only reread a book once or twice, but I could reread this book a million times and still find insight in it. A must read!