Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom - Andy Letcher

Informative, lively, and impeccably researched, Shroom is a unique and engaging study of the psychedelic magic mushroom. 38 photos throughout. n nEven if read while sober, Andy Lechter's Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom, is a near-transcendent experience. -New York Times Book Reviewn nSince its rediscovery only fifty years ago, the magic mushroom: a hallucinogenic fungus once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, has inspired a plethora of folktales and urban legends. In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher chronicles the history of the magic mushroom--from its use by the Aztecs of Central America and the tribes of Siberia through to the present day--stripping away the myths and taking a critical and humorous look at the drug's more recent manifestations.n nInformative, lively, and impeccably researched, Shroom is a unique and engaging exploration of this most extraordinary of psychedelics.n