Absinthe, the cocaine of the nineteenth century : a history of the hallucinogenic drug and its effect on artists and writers in Europe and the United States
History
ix, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780899509891, 9780786419678, 0899509894, 0786419679
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A history of the drink
Abuse and prohibition in France
Verlains, Rimbaud, Wilde and others
From Van Gogh to Picasso
New Orleans and elsewhere in the United States