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Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom

Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom - Paperback

by Andy Letcher
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Availability:In StockContributor:Andy LetcherPublish date:2008-02-19Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ecco PressISBN-13:9780060828295ISBN-10:60828293UPC:9780060828295Book Category:History, Self-Help, NatureBook Subcategory:Social History, Substance Abuse & Addictions, PlantsBook Topic:Drugs, MushroomsSize:8.05 x 5.78 x 0.96 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCTJ17C615

"Even if read while sober, Andy Lechter's Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom, is a near-transcendent experience." -New York Times Book Review

Since its rediscovery only fifty years ago, the magic mushroom: a hallucinogenic fungus once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, has inspired a plethora of folktales and urban legends. In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher chronicles the history of the magic mushroom--from its use by the Aztecs of Central America and the tribes of Siberia through to the present day--stripping away the myths and taking a critical and humorous look at the drug's more recent manifestations.

Informative, lively, and impeccably researched, Shroom is a unique and engaging exploration of this most extraordinary of psychedelics.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Ecco PressISBN-13:9780060828295ISBN-10:60828293UPC:9780060828295Book Category:History, Self-Help, NatureBook Subcategory:Social History, Substance Abuse & Addictions, PlantsBook Topic:Drugs, MushroomsSize:8.05 x 5.78 x 0.96 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCTJ17C615
Letcher, Andy: -

Andy Letcher is a freelance writer, lecturer, and musician with a doctorate in ecology from Oxford University, and a second in religious/cultural studies from King Alfred's College, Winchester. He lives in Oxford, England, and sings and plays the mandolin and English bagpipes in his own acid folk group, Telling the Bees.

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