The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts

by JP Olsen, Luke Walden, Nancy D. Campbell

Book Overview

The United States Narcotic Farm opened in 1935 in the rolling hills of Kentucky horse country. Portrayed in the press as everything from a "New Deal for the drug addict" to a "million-dollar flophouse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810972867
• ISBN13: 9780810972865
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary