Author

Publication

1980 - Putnam, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivesoontobemajormot00hoff
  • ISBN-100399505032
  • ISBN-100399125612
  • ISBN-139780399505034
  • ISBN-139780399125614
and 6 more
  • Goodreads1112851', '6097400
  • LibraryThing544000
  • Library of Congress Control Number80017786
  • OCLC Control Number6486805
  • Better World Books9780399125614
  • Open LibraryOL4101194M

Classifications

  • DDC364.1/31/0924
  • DDCB
  • LCCHV8658.H63 A36 1980
and 2 more
  • LCCHV8658.H63 A36 1980b
  • LCCHV8658.H63A36 1980

Description

Synopsis: Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture is the life story of one of the most important activists of the 20th century. Hoffman's book opens with his reflections on his suburban Jewish upbringing and early rebelliousness and goes on to recount his involvement in the student movement at Berkeley in the early 1960s, the anti-war demonstrations of the late '60s and early '70s, and his years as a fugitive from the American justice system. Along the way he gives behind-the-scenes details about the events at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago and subsequent Chicago Seven trial, his "levitation" of the Pentagon, and his friendships with Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale, Allen Ginsberg, and many others. For this edition, his widow, Johanna Lawrenson, has written a new afterword about Hoffman's activism in the '80s and his legacy today. Insightful, funny, and often moving, Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture is a self-portrait of a radical taking stock of his life's work.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Soon to be a major motion picturePutnam1980-01-01

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