The Drug User: Documents 1840-1960
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Rating | : | 4.85 (771 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0922233055 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-10-27 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Just Say Something wordtron A documentary anthology focusing almost exclusively on writings by and about people using drugs before the 1960s -- before, as one of its editors states, "the modern era of drug use and drug hysteria." The sources collected within are excerpted from some of the more usual sus. "A good source for historical drug texts" according to A Customer. A compilation of selections for those interested in drug use byhistorical figures. Features Anais Nin dropping acid, SigmundFreud on cocaine, Mark Twain nearly becoming a coca trader, as well as the usual suspects (Hofmann, Baudelaire, Huxley, Ludlow) and others.
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