Research Catalog

Title

Reefer boy : a story of teen-age drug addicts.

Author

Ellson, Hal.

Publication

London : Pedigree books, 1955.

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Details

Description

192 p.; 18 cm.

Subjects

• Pulp fiction > United States
• Juvenile delinquents > New York (State) > New York > Fiction
• Drug abuse and crime > New York (State) > New York > Fiction
• Marijuana abuse > Fiction
• Publishers' paper bindings

Genre/Form

• Publishers' paper bindings.
• Pulp fiction – United States.

Note

• First British paperback edition.
• First American edition published as a paperback under the title The Golden Spike ([New York] : Ballantine, 1955); first British hard cover edition published as Reeger Boy (London: N. Spearman, 1955).
• Glossary of drug-culture terms on p. 188-190.
• "About the Author," p. 191-192.
• Paperback, with color printed front wrapper showing adolescent boy in denim pants and jacket, smoking marijuana cigarette, leaning against brick wall, watching to adolescent boys and a girl buying and smoking marijuana.
• "From the reeking slums of a big city, from the twighlight world of escate-hungry 'junkies', comes this striking and powerful novel of tormented adolescents -- neglected by society, victimized by ruthless dope-peddlers. Reefer Boy is the subject of drug addiction and its manacing attraction for juveniles. The hero is 16-year-old Chico and his friend Angel, and the book shows their inevitable moral and physical destruction through their craving for drugs" -- from first leaf, recto, preceding title page.
• "Hal Ellson died on Oct. 31, at his Brooklyn home, at the age of 84. Ellson wrote dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories, many dealing with big-city teen-agers and juvenile delinquency. Much of his material came from his career as a nurse's aide in the psychiatric adolescent ward at Bellevue Hospital and as a recreational therapist. His stories were published in many magazines and collections, including the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Best Detective Stories. Among his novels are Duke, Summer Street, Games and Tomboy, which was made into a movie in France." -- from New York Times obituary, Nov. 9, 1994.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Berg Coll Pulp E44 1955

OCLC

813566257

Author

Ellson, Hal.

Title

Reefer boy : a story of teen-age drug addicts.

Imprint

London : Pedigree books, 1955.

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Research Call Number

Berg Coll Pulp E44 1955