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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