Abbie Hoffman

Kirjan Abbie Hoffman (1993) on kirjoittanut Marty Jezer. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Rutgers University Press. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 368 sivua ja se on nidottu.

In this sympathetic history of a maligned decade, Marty Jezer, a fellow antiwar activist, details Abbie Hoffman's humor, manic energy, depressive spells, political skills, & above all, his incurable & still contagious optimism. He presents a thoughtful, solidly researched biography of the wildly creative & iconoclastic Yippie, portraying Hoffman as a fresh force in American political culture. Jezer surveys in detail the politics, philosophies, & struggles of the antiwar movement. ". .. Abbie, more than any other radical, showed potheads how to demonstrate and radicals how to dance. " -- Chicago Tribune ". .. deeply sympathetic and scrupulously detached-a triumph of judicious empathy. " -- MARTIN DUBERMAN, Distinguished Professor of History, Lehman/The Graduate School, C. U. N. Y. ". .. details Hoffman's humor, manic energy, depressive spells, political skills, and above all, his Incurable and still contagious optimism. " -- Entertainment Weekly "Here's the Abbie I knew and loved! Marty Jezer has captured him in all his complexity, dedication, humor, and heart. " -- ANITA HOFFMAN