Battling the Wolves of Society: The Narcotic Evil.
by (DRUGS) ROWELL, Earl Abbot
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- Paperback
- first
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Mountain View [CA]: Pacific Press Publishing Association, (1929). First edition. Small octavo. 91, [1] pp. luridly illustrated from photographs. Publisher's bright pictorial wrappers. Very good and sharp copy."Paperback pamphlets such as The Moloch of Marijuana by Rev.Robert J. Devine (1943), and evangelist Earle Albert Rowell’s Battling The Wolves of Society:The Narcotics Evil (1929) and On the Trail of Marijuana: The Weed of Madness(1939) fanned the flames of pot paranoia. So outlandish and over the top were the sensationalistic claims of these “educational” books that “the bureau attacked such apostles of fear". Anslinger wished the FBN to be sole source of publicity and educational materials. A few of the Rowell softcovers were issued by — guess who?— Pacific Press Publishing Association, a great thorn in the side of anyone trying torationally educate the public on drugs. Pacific Press Publishing Association also issued Plain Facts for Young Women onNarcotics, Marijuana, Liquor and Tobacco by Dr. Belle Wood Comstock (1938).
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76071
- Title
- Battling the Wolves of Society: The Narcotic Evil.
- Author
- (DRUGS) ROWELL, Earl Abbot
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pacific Press Publishing Association
- Place of Publication
- Mountain View [CA]
- Date Published
- (1929)
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Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Wrappers
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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