WEED: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler - Jerry Kamstra. First Hardcover ED, 1974

Description: WEED: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler - Jerry Kamstra Photographs by Eugene Anthony Publisher: Harper and RowEdition: First Edition, 1974. 267 pages "Jerry Kamstra has been smuggling marijuana from Mexico into the United States since the early 1960s. In 1966, while smuggling 200 kilos of mota into Arizona from Michoaca, he was arrested by U.S. Customs. He was sentenced to two years in the federal penitentiary. His sentence was suspended and he was placed on five years' probabation. Sometime thereafter, while Kamstra was living in San Francisco, he was approached by LIFE Magazine tot ake one of theor photographers, Eugene Anthony, into the heart of Mexico to do what no other Gringo had accomplished - to go up into the mountains where marijuana fields flourish and to photograph them and the campesinos who tend them. He sneaked out of San Francisco to avoid his probation officer and returned to Mexico. An interesting real life story which reads like an adventure novel." Orange paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Book is Near Fine in solid binding. Dust jacket shows minimal edgewear, mostly at top of spine. A nice copy of the hardcover First Edition. Book Condition: Near FineDust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ All Hardcover Books ship in brand new protective mylar dust jacket covers. Books are accurately described, and ship promptly & well packed upon receiving payment. Please check my other listings for interesting used and out of print books. Shipping: USPS Media Mail

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