From the creation of the Yippies! in 1967, the tumult of the 1968 Democratic Natonal Convention protests, the humour and agony of the Chicago conspiracy trial, the scandal of Abbie's 1973 cocaine bust and his six and half years as a fugitive, to his reemergence as environmentalist 'Barry Freed' and his final struggle with manic-depressive illness, this biography offers a compelling examination of the contradictions that make Abbie Hoffman such a compelling figure.

From the creation of the Yippies! in 1967, the tumult of the 1968 Democratic Natonal Convention protests, the humour and agony of the Chicago conspiracy trial, the scandal of Abbie's 1973 cocaine bust and his six and half years as a fugitive, to his reemergence as environmentalist 'Barry Freed' and his final struggle with manic-depressive illness, this biography offers a compelling examination of the contradictions that make Abbie Hoffman such a compelling figure.

From the creation of the Yippies! in 1967, the tumult of the 1968 Democratic Natonal Convention protests, the humour and agony of the Chicago conspiracy trial, the scandal of Abbie's 1973 cocaine bust and his six and half years as a fugitive, to his reemergence as environmentalist 'Barry Freed' and his final struggle with manic-depressive illness, this biography offers a compelling examination of the contradictions that make Abbie Hoffman such a compelling figure.