Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2013-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 103 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Opium Eating: An Autobiographical Sketch by an Habituate E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Opium Eating: An Autobiographical Sketch by an Habituate" is a personal narrative written in the late 19th century. The book details the author's harrowing experiences as a soldier taken prisoner during the American Civil War, followed by an exploration of his struggles with opium addiction. It delves into the psychological and physical toll that both warfare and addiction impose, ultimately painting a grim picture of suffering and the search for solace. The opening of the autobiographical sketch introduces the author's youthful enlistment in the army, where he serves as a drummer and participates in significant battles, leading to his capture. He vividly recounts the brutal conditions faced by prisoners, especially the scant rations that lead to starvation, and the despair of incarceration in infamous prisons like Richmond and Andersonville. Alongside these reflections, the text hints at the author's descent into opium dependency, suggesting that his fight against hunger and hopelessness ultimately leads to a longer struggle with addiction, making it evident that the narrative will explore the intertwined themes of war, suffering, and the desperate escape found in drugs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43012/43012-h/images/cover.jpg en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons Opium abuse -- United States RC Text Browsing: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - American 254251 254060 2024-09-18T06:20:43.881778 2023-09-18T14:36:01.345661 text/html text/html 254238 2013-06-22T12:03:41 text/html 121612 2013-06-22T12:06:50 text/html application/zip 133752 2024-09-18T06:20:48.078760 application/epub+zip 135795 2024-09-18T06:20:44.525778 application/epub+zip 128773 2024-09-18T06:20:44.192770 application/epub+zip 220345 2024-09-18T06:20:51.014747 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191823 2024-09-18T06:20:47.721772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185093 2022-09-19T15:55:52.036857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 225087 224939 2024-09-18T06:20:43.473763 2023-09-18T14:36:00.964653 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 224555 2013-06-22T12:00:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 86130 2013-06-22T12:00:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 224563 2013-06-22T12:00:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86125 2013-06-22T12:00:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20691 2024-09-18T06:20:51.153736 application/rdf+xml 9894 2024-09-18T06:20:44.276754 image/jpeg 1621 2024-09-18T06:20:44.233764 image/jpeg 121127 2024-09-18T06:20:43.906784 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown