{"product_id":"stallion-books-204-marijuana-girl-pseudonymous-author-n-r-de-mexico-1951","title":"Stallion Books #204 Marijuana Girl pseudonymous author \"N.R. De Mexico.\" 1951","description":"\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMarijuana Girl — Stallion Books #204\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a reprint edition of the pulp cult classic \u003cem\u003eMarijuana Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, credited to pseudonymous author \"N.R. De Mexico.\" \u003cspan\u003eCannabis Dope Drug sleaze paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e The novel first appeared in 1951 as Uni-Book No. 19, published by Universal Publishing in New York, a digest-format paperback with a 35¢ cover price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etallion Books #204 (the one you're asking about):\u003c\/strong\u003e This was the reprint that followed the original Uni-Book edition, also in digest format. It was issued in 1951 as the Canadian issue of the book, since the American version had been Uni-Book No. 19. Some listings describe a Stallion second edition dated 1954. It includes 5 pages of ads and was published by Stallion Books \/ Universal Publishing and Distributing Corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story:\u003c\/strong\u003e It's about a \"fresh and fetching\" seventeen-year-old girl who gets \"hooked\" on marijuana at the hands of an older man out to seduce her, then descends into \"the path of degeneracy,\" ultimately \"trading herself, body and soul for the drugs she had to have.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotoriety:\u003c\/strong\u003e The book became genuinely infamous — it served as Exhibit A in Congressman Ezekiel Gathings's House Select Committee investigating pulp literature, which called it \"A Manual of Instruction for Potential Narcotic Addicts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthorship mystery:\u003c\/strong\u003e For decades the author's identity was debated — one guess was pulp writer Dallas McCord \"Mack\" Reynolds — but recent research identifies him as Robert Campbell Bragg (1918-1954), who went by \"Bob De Mexico,\" lived in Greenwich Village, and was friends with Jack Kerouac. This was confirmed decades later by the author's own son\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollectibility:\u003c\/strong\u003e It's considered a scarce digest-format edition of a classic pulp novel, and all editions are considered scarce and highly prized by collectors of pulp and digest paperbacks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stallion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54217088139561,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/9052\/7785\/files\/20260922_112701.jpg?v=1790090948","url":"https:\/\/captainaero.com\/products\/stallion-books-204-marijuana-girl-pseudonymous-author-n-r-de-mexico-1951","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}