Run Run Run by Jack Hoffman
An intimate portrait of one of the most fascinating and complex history-makers of our century as shown in the new film The Trial of the Chicago 7 (played by Sacha Baron-Cohen) Intertwining the details of Abbie Hoffman's intense personal life with the movement politics of the sixties, seventies, and eighties, Dan Simon writes Abbie's story from the point of view of his younger brother Jack, creating a full and poignant portrait of one of the geniuses of the 1960s counterculture. From the creation of the Yippies in 1967 and the tumult of the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, to the humor and agony of the Chicago conspiracy trial, the scandal of Abbie's 1973 cocaine bust, and his six and a half years as a fugitive, to his reemergence as environmentalist Barrie Freed and his final struggle with manic-depressive illness, this biography offers a thorough examination of the contradictions that make Abbie Hoffman such a compelling figure. With the information and affection only a brother could bring to the complexities of Abbie's life, Hoffman and Simon portray Abbie's public persona alongside his private aspirations and fears, romances, and enduring family relationships.
Simon, Daniel: - Daniel Simon is assistant director and editor in chief of World Literature Today magazine at the University of Oklahoma, where he also teaches for the Department of English. A poet and translator, his verse chapbook, Cast Off, appeared with Edwin E. Smith Publishing in 2015 and was nominated for the PEN Center USA, Independent Publisher (IPPY), and Oklahoma Book awards. Individual poems have been nominated for Pushcart Prize XLI: Best of the Small Presses and reprinted in the anthologies World English Poetry (2015) and Oklahoma Poems... and Their Poets (2014). They have also appeared in various literary journals--including The Adirondack Review, Prairie Schooner, Poetry International, and Fulcrum--and been translated into German, Greek, Spanish, and Turkish. Daniel lives in Norman, Oklahoma, with his wife and three daughters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780874778113 |
| ISBN 10 | 0874778115 |
| Title | Run Run Run |
| Author | Jack Hoffman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tarcher |
| Year published | 1996-03-19 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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