An intimate portrait of one of the most fascinating and complex history-makers of our century, published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of his death
Jack Hoffman, Abbie's only brother, was also his longtime manager,
researcher, and confidant. A businessman, he lives in Framingham,
Massachusetts.
Editor and author Dan Simon founded Seven Stories Press in 1995,
and the predecessor company Four Walls Eight Windows in 1984. While
at Four Walls Eight Windows, Simon answered a classified ad that
Abbie Hoffman had placed in theNationand worked with Hoffman to
produce his last book,The Best of Abbie Hoffman, an omnibus
collection that included Abbie's three major works,Steal This
Book,Woodstock Nation, andRevolution for the Hell of It, with a
foreword by Norman Mailer. After Abbie's untimely death in the
spring of 1989, Abbie's younger brother Jack approached Simon and
asked him if he would write Abbie's biography from Jack's point of
view, a brother's story, and Simon agreed. The first edition ofRun
Run Run- The Lives of Abbie Hoffmanwas published by Putnam under
their Jeremy P. Tarcher imprint.
"I thought I knew Abbie Hoffman, but this book constantly
fascinated me with its revelations. ...Behind Abbie's wild antics
was a powerful seriousness of purpose -- a combination of qualities
that made him a unique actor in the drama of our time. Run Run
Run beautifully captures both the human being and that larger
drama."
-- Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United
States
"He stood up against arbitrary power, capricious power, arrogant
and callous power. In other words, he stood up to the bullies. He
had the courage for the rest of us."
-- Sydney Schanberg, author of The Killing Fields
"Jack's approach to his late brother is protective, but it rings
with the truth of familial interaction... Run Run Run doesn't
ignore Abbie's political, social, or personal mistakes... in giving
us a fuller picture of the man, we can better put them in
context."
--San Francisco Chronicle
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