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(LUDLOW, F.H. ) The Hasheesh Eater: Being Passages From the Life of A Pythagorean. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First edition. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, xiv, 371pp. About fine. "Fitz Hugh Ludlow was a graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, when he vividly recorded his hasheesh-induced visions, experiences, adventures, and insights. During the mid-nineteenth century, the drug was a legal remedy for lockjaw and Ludlow had a friend at school from whom he received a ready supply. He consumed such large quantities at each sitting that his hallucinations have been likened to those experienced by opium addicts. Throughout the book, Ludlow colourfully describes his psychedelic journey that led to extended |
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reflections on religion, philosophy, medicine, and culture. First published in 1857, "The Hasheesh Eater" was the first full-length American example of drug literature. Yet, despite the scandal that surrounded it, the book quickly became a huge success. Since then, it has become a cult classic, first among Beat writers in the 1950s and 1960s, and later with San Francisco Bay area hippies in the 1970s." From the Rutgers University re-issue edition of 2006. $850.00 |