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Steal This Book is a book written by Abbie Hoffman. Written in and published in , the book exemplified the counterculture of the sixties. The book sold more than a quarter of a million copies between April and November The book is, in the style of the counterculture, mainly focused on ways to fight against the government and against corporations in any way possible.

The book is written in the form of a guide to the youth. Hoffman, a political and social activist himself, used many of his own activities as the inspiration for some of his advice in Steal This Book. The main author of the book, Abbie Hoffman, was one of the most influential and recognizable North American activists of the late s and early s, gaining fame with his leadership in anti-Vietnam War protests.

In the introduction, Hoffman writes that 50 people were involved in the creation of Steal This Book. Izak Haber and Bert Cohen are credited on the title page as "co-conspirator" and "accessory after the fact", respectively. Steal This Book was written in the climate of the counterculture , in which opposition to tradition and government was rampant, and experimentation with new forms of living was encouraged.

When the book was published, it took hold among the new left , especially among students on college campuses, such as Brandeis University , where Hoffman had been a student.