Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a political and social activist who came into prominence in the 1960s when he co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the “Chicago Eight,” the...
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Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a political and social activist who came into prominence in the 1960s when he co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the “Chicago Eight,” the group that was tried for conspiracy and inciting to riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The collection includes typed and photocopied drafts for the publications
Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture (Putnam, 1980) and
Square Dancing In the Ice Age (South End Press, 1982) (some under the working title “Free: a Radical American Romance”), with manuscript notes by Hoffman and his editors; published articles considered for books, correspondence with editors and publishing companies, and manuscript notes for speeches (1970s-early 1980s).
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