The Addict (1963)






Greenwich, Connecticut: Gold Medal/Fawcett (book, anthology), 1963.
7.125" x 4.25" x 0.625", 191 pages, wraps, 1st printing.

The Addict, an anthology of "[p]robing, first-hand reports on the physical, psychological and social effects of narcotic addiction", as edited by Dan Wakefield and published by Gold Medal Books/Fawcett (Greenwich, Connecticut) in 1963.

William S. Burroughs (as William Lee) contributes "Feeding the Monkey" from Junkie at pages 80-97.

Maynard and Miles B11.
Shoaf II.13.

Contents: 

  • Dan Wakefiled: "The Addict and Us" (introduction)
  • I. The Background:
    • Marie Nyswander: "History of a Nightmare" 
    • Alfred R. Lindesmith: "Torture by Law"
    • Robert S. DeRopp: "Torture by the Drug"
    • Charles Winick: "The Addict Psychology"
    • William Butler Eldridge: "Myths and Facts"
  • II. The Scene:
    • Nelson Algren: "The Weaker Sheep"
    • William Lee [Burroughs]: "Feeding the Monkey" 
    • Alexander Trocchi: "Inside the Cave"
    • "Janet Clark": "Getting Busted"
    • Alexander King: "Going to Lexington"
    • Rabbi Joseph R. Rosenbloom: "Let Me Know If I Can Do Anything"
  • III. Experiments and Hopes:
    • Edwin M. Schur: "The 'British System'"
    • Oona Sullivan: "A Bridge to the Addict"
    • Reverend Norman C. Eddy: "The Church vs. Heroin"
    • Jane Kramer: "The Synanon Experiment"
    • Alfred R. Lindesmith: "Beginnings of Wisdom"

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