Steal This Book is a book written by Abbie Hoffman. Written in 1970 and published in 1971, the book exemplified the counterculture of the sixties. The book sold more than a quarter of a million copies between April and November 1971. The number of copies that were stolen is unknown.
First edition cover
Abbot Howard Hoffman was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement.
Hoffman in 1981
Hoffman (center) visiting the University of Oklahoma to protest the Vietnam War, c. 1969
Hoffman in Tallahassee, Florida, 1989
Abbie Hoffman protesting the Point Pleasant Pumping Station in Plumstead, Pennsylvania in 1987