Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier is a 2013 nonfiction book by Emily Brady about the cannabis industry in Humboldt County, California and surrounding Emerald Triangle, as it was in transition from illicit to legal under Proposition 215 and Proposition 64. The author, a New York journalist, moved to Humboldt County in 2010 to write the book, expecting Proposition 19 to pass;[1] full legalization would not occur until the 2016 passage of Proposition 64.
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| Author | Emily Brady |
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| Subject | War on drugs, cannabis cultivation, Humboldt County, California |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
Publication date | June 18, 2013 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4555-0676-7 |
| OCLC | 847688423 |
Reception
editPublishers Weekly called the book "a moving portrait of a culture and a region at a crossroads".[2] Kirkus Reviews said the book "captures a community torn between the unknown future of cannabis legalization and a present in which prison terms, violent rip-offs and destructive police raids remain commonplace" and although not explicitly arguing for legalization of cannabis, nevertheless "demonstrates that the war on drugs makes 'normal' life impossible in communities like those in the Emerald Triangle".[3] Mother Jones said it was an "empathetic but unflinching portrait" of the community.[4]
See also
editReferences
editSources
edit- "Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier", Publishers Weekly (book review), April 8, 2013
- "Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier", Kirkus Reviews (book review), April 15, 2013
- Harkinson, Josh (June 27, 2013), "Quick Reads: "Humboldt" by Emily Brady", Mother Jones
- Gold, Gregg (2014), "Review [Review of Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier, by Emily Brady]", Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, 36: 198–200, JSTOR humjsocrel.36.198
Further reading
edit- Bouie, Jamelle (June 20, 2013), "If Pot Becomes Legal: What will become of its secretive California hometown?", The American Prospect
External links
edit- A chat with "The Great Gatsby" director Baz Luhrmann | "Humboldt" author Emily Brady | Musician Trent Reznor. Q. CBC. 2013. Event occurs at 26:45.