{"product_id":"beacon-books-no-b328-1960-marijuana-girl-by-n-r-de-mexico-pseudonym-of-robert-campbell-bragg","title":"Beacon Books No. B328, 1960 Marijuana Girl by N. R. de Mexico, pseudonym of Robert Campbell Bragg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarijuana Girl\u003c\/strong\u003e — Beacon Books No. B328, 1960 mass-market paperback edition, 35¢ cover price,  very nice copy in Fine Cond. or better (see pictures)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: N. R. de Mexico, pseudonym of Robert Campbell Bragg (1918–1954), a Greenwich Village writer who knew Jack Kerouac.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication history\u003c\/strong\u003e: Originally published in 1951 by Universal Publishing (Uni-Book No. 19) in digest format as an original novel, followed by a Stallion Books digest reprint (No. 204). Beacon then issued it as a standard paperback under B328 in 1960, with a later 75¢ Beacon reprint numbered S75124.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover\u003c\/strong\u003e: Classic \"good girl art\" pulp cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlot\u003c\/strong\u003e: Joyce Taylor, a high-school girl, is suspended right before graduation after a striptease incident in the gym; she then gets pulled into a relationship with an older man and into the jazz-and-marijuana subculture of the city.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCultural note\u003c\/strong\u003e: The book became Exhibit A in a 1950s Congressional subcommittee's campaign (led by Rep. Ezekiel C. Gathings) against drug themes in paperback fiction, and is now held in institutional collections like the Hash Marihuana \u0026amp; Hemp Museum in Amsterdam.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Beacon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54217077621033,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/9052\/7785\/files\/20260922_111645.jpg?v=1790090341","url":"https:\/\/captainaero.com\/products\/beacon-books-no-b328-1960-marijuana-girl-by-n-r-de-mexico-pseudonym-of-robert-campbell-bragg","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}