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The Snow Papers

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The Snow Papers
Author
Illustrator
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherLittle Brown & Co.
Publication date
1985
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages
ISBN0-316-79876-2 Search this book on .

The Snow Papers; A Memoir of Illusion, Power-Lust, and Cocaine, by Richard Smart, is a book whose central theme is the author's period of addiction to cocaine.

Snow pages is a "gripping memoir" written by a Richard Smart, an attorney and Washington, D.C. "hotshot" government consultant who lost his career to cocaine use.[1][2][3] Clark writes that between 1978 and 1982, he "us(ed) cocaine like coffee, from morning to midnight."[4] He writes about taking cocain daily with a Congressman in the Congressman's office, and how it ruined both of their careers.[5]

After the memoir was published, Smart became something of a poster child in anti drug-addiction campaigns.[2]

A portion of the book covers Smart's role as an insider in Robert F Kennedy's 1968 Democratic nomination campaign, and his assassination at a victory celebration (RFK had essentially won the nomination) on June 4, 1968.[4][5] Smart was also a campaign aide to Alan Cranston.[5]

In the book, Smart argues that if, when an addict is about to hit bottom, he or she has something to live for, he may be able to recover.[1] In Smart's case, this "something" was his wife and their child.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Schwartz, Amy E. (28 July 1986). "The Cocaine Honeymooti: Playing With Fate". Hartford Courant.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Millman, Nancy (14 March 1986). "Ad Council cocaine war features ex-abusers". Chicago Sun-Times.
  3. "The Snow Papers by Richard Smart". Ottawa Citizen. 8 March 1986.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Battiata, Mary (17 March 1986). "Dashing Through the Snow". Washington Post. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Media Notes". New York Magazine. 29 July 1985.


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