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Powell says he got much of the information from military manuals at the New York Public Library, although it's likely the banana recipe came from the (ahem) alternative press. Without an agent, he submitted the manuscript to a number of publishers, one of whom, Lyle Stuart, published it unedited in 1970. "Contrary to what is the normal custom, the copyright for the book was taken out in the name of the publisher rather than the author," Powell writes. Repenting his youthful foolishness years later, he tried to have the book withdrawn but was told that since he was not the copyright owner he could take a hike. The Anarchist Cookbook is still available, its author reduced to pleading that the book is "misguided and potentially dangerous."
Take it from an anarchist: The Anarchist Cookbook is full of shit (and has nothing to do with anarchism by the way). Don't bother with it.