Fitz Hugh Ludlow’s fame as a writer was directly tied to his drug use initially. In his final years, his advocacy for treatment of the illness of addiction was really ahead of its time.

Research:
“Beyond the Hasheesh Eater: Fitz Hugh Ludlow, A Nineteenth Century Writer and Adventurer.” Schaffer Library. Union College. https://exhibits.schafferlibrarycollections.org/s/beyond-the-hasheesh-eater-fitz-hugh-ludlow-a-nineteenth-century-writer-and-adventurer/page/welcome
Bredeson, Robert C. “Landscape Description in Nineteenth-Century American Travel Literature.” American Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, 1968, pp. 86–94. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2710992
Day, Horace B. “The Opium Habit.” 1868. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7293/pg7293-images.html
“Death of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, the Hasheesh Eater.” The Buffalo Daily Repiblic. Oct. 7, 1870. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1140456339/?match=1&terms=Fitz%20Hugh%20Ludlow
“Fitz Hugh Ludlow.” New York Times. Oct. 9, 1870. https://www.newspapers.com/image/26001499/?match=1&terms=Fitz%20Hugh%20Ludlow
“Fitz Hugh Ludlow.” New York Times. Sept. 12, 1903. https://www.newspapers.com/image/20430047/?match=1&terms=Fitz%20Hugh%20Ludlow
Hendricks, Gordon. “Roaming the West with ALBERT BIERSTADT.” The American West. Vol. XII. No. 1. January 1975. https://npshistory.com/newsletters/the-american-west/v12n1.pdf
“Ludlow, Fitz Hugh (1836-1870).” The Vault at Pfaff’s. Lehigh University. https://pfaffs.web.lehigh.edu/node/54134
Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh. “Among the Mormons.” The Atlantic. April 1864. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1864/04/among-the-mormons/306013/
Ludlow, Fitz Hugh. “The Apocalypse of Hasheesh.” Putnam’s Monthly. Vol. VIII. December 1856. Accessed online: https://web.archive.org/web/20140503090034/http://www.lycaeum.org/nepenthes/Ludlow/Texts/apocalyp.html
Ludlow, Fitz Hugh. “The hasheesh eater : being passages from the life of a Pythagorean.” New York. Harper and Bros. 1857. https://archive.org/details/66640730R.nlm.nih.gov/mode/2up
Ludlow, Fitz Hugh. “The heart of the continent : a record of travel across the plains and in Oregon, with an examination of the Mormon principle.” New York. Hurd and Houghton. 1870. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/heartofcontinent00ludl/page/n5/mode/2up
Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh. “If Massa Put Guns Into Our Han's.” The Atlantic. April 1865. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1865/04/if-massa-put-guns-into-our-hans/629143/
Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh. “Seven Weeks in the Great Yo-Semite.” The Atlantic. June 1864. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1864/06/seven-weeks-in-the-great-yo-semite/628596/
Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh. “Through-Tickets to San Francisco: A Prophecy.” The Atlantic. November 1864. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1864/11/through-tickets-to-san-francisco-a-prophecy/628652/
“Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library.” Harvard Library. https://library.harvard.edu/collections/ludlow-santo-domingo-library

Fitz Hugh Ludlow&rsquo;s fame as a writer was directly tied to his drug use initially. In his final years, his advocacy for treatment of the illness of addiction was really ahead of its time.
Research:
<ul>
<li>&ldquo;Beyond the Hasheesh Eater: Fitz Hugh Ludlow, A Nineteenth Century Writer and Adventurer.&rdquo; Schaffer Library. Union College. https://exhibits.schafferlibrarycollections.org/s/beyond-the-hasheesh-eater-fitz-hugh-ludlow-a-nineteenth-century-writer-and-adventurer/page/welcome</li>
<li>Bredeson, Robert C. &ldquo;Landscape Description in Nineteenth-Century American Travel Literature.&rdquo;&nbsp;American Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, 1968, pp. 86&ndash;94.&nbsp;JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2710992</li>
<li>Day, Horace B. &ldquo;The Opium Habit.&rdquo; 1868. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7293/pg7293-images.html</li>
<li>&ldquo;Death of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, the Hasheesh Eater.&rdquo; The Buffalo Daily Repiblic. Oct. 7, 1870. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1140456339/?match=1&amp;terms=Fitz%20Hugh%20Ludlow</li>
<li>&ldquo;Fitz Hugh Ludlow.&rdquo; New York Times. Oct. 9, 1870. https://www.newspapers.com/image/26001499/?match=1&amp;terms=Fitz%20Hugh%20Ludlow</li>
<li>&ldquo;Fitz Hugh Ludlow.&rdquo; New York Times. Sept. 12, 1903. https://www.newspapers.com/image/20430047/?match=1&amp;terms=Fitz%20Hugh%20Ludlow</li>
<li>Hendricks, Gordon. &ldquo;Roaming the West with ALBERT BIERSTADT.&rdquo; The American West. Vol. XII. No. 1. January 1975. https://npshistory.com/newsletters/the-american-west/v12n1.pdf</li>
<li>&ldquo;Ludlow, Fitz Hugh (1836-1870).&rdquo; The Vault at Pfaff&rsquo;s. Lehigh University. https://pfaffs.web.lehigh.edu/node/54134</li>
<li>Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh. &ldquo;Among the Mormons.&rdquo; The Atlantic. April 1864. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1864/04/among-the-mormons/306013/</li>
<li>Ludlow, Fitz Hugh. &ldquo;The Apocalypse of Hasheesh.&rdquo; Putnam&rsquo;s Monthly. Vol. VIII. December 1856. Accessed online: https://web.archive.org/web/20140503090034/http://www.lycaeum.org/nepenthes/Ludlow/Texts/apocalyp.html</li>
<li>Ludlow, Fitz Hugh. &ldquo;The hasheesh eater : being passages from the life of a Pythagorean.&rdquo; New York. Harper and Bros. 1857. https://archive.org/details/66640730R.nlm.nih.gov/mode/2up</li>
<li>Ludlow, Fitz Hugh. &ldquo;The heart of the continent : a record of travel across the plains and in Oregon, with an examination of the Mormon principle.&rdquo; New York. Hurd and Houghton. 1870. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/heartofcontinent00ludl/page/n5/mode/2up</li>
<li>Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh. &ldquo;If Massa Put Guns Into Our Han's.&rdquo; The Atlantic. April 1865. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1865/04/if-massa-put-guns-into-our-hans/629143/</li>
<li>Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh. &ldquo;Seven Weeks in the Great Yo-Semite.&rdquo; The Atlantic. June 1864. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1864/06/seven-weeks-in-the-great-yo-semite/628596/</li>
<li>Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh. &ldquo;Through-Tickets to San Francisco: A Prophecy.&rdquo; The Atlantic. November 1864. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1864/11/through-tickets-to-san-francisco-a-prophecy/628652/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library.&rdquo; Harvard Library. https://library.harvard.edu/collections/ludlow-santo-domingo-library</li>
</ul>

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