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Abbie Hoffman — Part 33
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You mow, there've been eight printings of that book.
(illegible) snd if you look at it, you'll sce every
art cdition has 'Tearless Fx-- (cbscene)" on the
back and evaxy evening edition has not, and you can
ust like trace my steps, you knew, rumiing up to
andy House und so I fisured it was doing so good
I'd put it on the cover und thirty publishers rejected
the book, end you know, they just couldn't believe
it. You know, they just couldn't believe that I
/ would write a bosk that they wouldn't publish, you
know, and it was no mean Feat, you lmew. People
said things like, ‘this Look will end free speech, '
you know, and stuf£€ like that. Put I published it
myself, Most book stores in thea country won't
carry it, (illesibie) Nobody will accent that.
ke i? te be Se at ee ee ae
- It's how to rip off everything in the coontry.
-
It's how to live and survive as outlaws and there's
lots of neat, you know, ways, how to forse exvedit
cards, counterfeit moncy, got good stuff in it,
you know." .
(Unidentified voice from audience: "Is there
an excerpt from that in ‘Ramparts! 7''}
"Yeah. There was a hunk of it."
. (Unidentified voice frem audievce: "What do you
do with the bread from your books?'') -
“Well - which book, “Revolution (illegible)?!
I got 25 grand, was five times the most I ever had
in my life, I ever accumlated in one spot and I
turned over (illegible) committe to defend the
Panthers for bail, for one of the Panthers (illegible).
Guilt money. I'm not so sure (illegible) I should
be giving the money for bail, you know, but most of
' the money, unfortunately, goes to keen us out of
prison. The trial in Chicago cost like $380,000,
you know. ‘ivice as much as the movies. But in
fact, the Government has its forecs totally mobilized.
They know we don't keep the money in Swiss banks,
see, and that's why, for example, all the money that
Pa
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