Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Persons Interviewed Foreword by Eric Foner Preface: "I'm Abbie Hoffman" 1. Bad Behavior 2. A Thousand Faces 3. Civil Rights and Wrongs 4. White Mischief, Black Power 5. Death of a Salesman, Birth of a Hippie 6. The Mythic Revolutionary 7. The Apotheosis of Abbie Hoffman 8. Busy Being Born, Busy Dying 9. Fire in a Crowded Courtroom 10. American Armageddon 11. The Longest Good-bye: 1974-1989 Epilogue: A Cautionary Note Bibliolographic Essay and Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

About the Author

Jonah Raskin is Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at Sonoma State University and author of My Search for B. Traven (1980), among other books.

Reviews

"Hoffman remains one of the most vivid figures in an era that specialized in them. . . . It would be very hard to read his life's story and not be affected by it."--Jonathan Yardley, "Washington Post