Similar to Steal This Book, Woodstock Nation, is a compendium of how to make it in the world of the new counterculture. Abbie Hoffman attended Woodstock and attempted to take over the stage to exhort the crowd with Yippie rants, but was roundly booed for interrupting the music. Guitarist Pete Townsend of The Who facilitated his exit by bashing Hoffman's head with a guitar.