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Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography
Cocaine An Unauthorized Biography
Author: Dominic Streatfeild
On May 16th, 1499 Amerigo Vespucci set sail for the New World.Three months later, having navigated his way along the coastline of Brazil, he washed up on an idyllic desert island fifteen leagues from the mainland.There he was appalled to discover a tribe of hideous Indians, their mouths stuffed full of leaves "like beasts."The leaves were coca, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312286248
ISBN-10: 0312286244
Publication Date: 6/26/2002
Pages: 528
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Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Very interesting history of cocaine & it's evolution.

Dominic Streatfield examines the story of cocaine from its first medical uses to the worldwide chaos it causes today. His research takes him from the arcane reaches of the British Library to the crack houses in NYC to the jungles of Peru and Colombia.


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