Steal This Book: 25th Anniversary Facsimile Edition [Facsimile] [Paperback]

Abbie Hoffman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 10, 1995

In 1970, Abbie Hoffman conceived the idea for his most ambitious book project yet. He had begun criss-crossing the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting along in America--some illegal, but most of them having to do with survival techniques. Steal This Book captures the spirit of those years, describing actions and techniques that were already in use in all 50 states.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Excerpt: Steal This Book is, in a way, a manual of survival in the prison that is Amerika. It preaches jailbreak. It shows you where exactly how to place the dynamite that will destroy the walls. The first section--SURVIVE!--lays out a potential action program for our new Nation. The chapter headings spell out the demands for a free society. A community where the technology produces goods and services for whoever needs them, come who may. It calls on the Robin Hoods of Santa Barbara Forest to steal from the robber barons who own the castles of capitalism. It implies that the reader already is ideologically set, in that he understands corporate feudalism as the only robbery worthy of being called crime, for it is committed against the people as a whole. Whether the ways it describes to rip-off shit are legal or illegal is irrelevant. The dictionary of law is written by the bosses of order. Our moral dictionary says no heisting from each other. To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 25 Anv edition (October 10, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568580533
• ISBN-13: 978-1568580531
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #884,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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70 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars STEAL IT!, January 15, 2004

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"dictator95" (Woodstock nation) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steal This Book (Paperback)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Survival Guide In The U.S., January 31, 2000

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Steven A. (New Britain, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steal This Book (Paperback)

Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book" is generally a survival guide on how to live in the U.S. that is divided into 3 parts. The first chapters on how to get free stuff is brilliant. Some ideas in order to gain free service or items area so ironic, you'd probably not think of it yourself. In section two, Hoffman describes how to take action against oppression and what to prepare for. Bomb making, first aid, and the introduction to new common sense is delivered straight from the mind of Hoffman. The third section is the shortest, but if you happen to live in the big urban and metropolitan areas, it locates address and phone numbers on where to get free stuff in a more specific sense overall toward the book. Even if "Steal This Book" is mainly outdated, it comprises on a guide to a life in the U.S. and words of wisdom he used and recommends.

40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Go there and view the book yourself..., March 18, 2005

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Jesus Christo "Roberto" (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steal This Book (Paperback)

Go there and view the book yourself...

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