THE BOOK OF GRASS An Anthology Of Indian Hemp; Paperback
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THE BOOK OF GRASS An Anthology Of Indian Hemp; Paperback
60’s counterculture – 242 pages (1968), Used
Indian hemp and its products, marihuana and hashish – variously known as pot, weed, reefer, boo, tea, mezzo, hash, or the ‘grass’ of the title – is a much discussed and – perhaps – a greatly maligned herb.
This volume (revised and up-dated for Penguin Books) offers a wide range of writings about this ancient plant, its remarkable products, and its long and varied history. Among the authors represented are Rabelais, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Aldous Huxley, Gerard de Nerval, Allen Ginsberg, C. G. Jung, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse, Alan Watts, Lewis Carroll, William James, Anthony Storr, William Burroughs, and Paul Bowles. Extraordinary, illuminating, fascinating essays by many great minds on this plant. There’s even an entry from George Washington’s diary notes of 1765 saying he sowed Hemp by a Swamp and that he was rather too late separating the Male from the Female hemp. (Book cover may be different than picture shown)
