Good morning. I have heard for many years now that the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is the second most sold book of all time, second only to the Bible....
Just a thought I've been rolling around for a while. Seems to me a number of us interested in the history and historical sites of AA would enjoy having a...
Bill - do a Google search on the string "all time best-selling books." Wikipedia, among others, has an interesting list but the Big Book has been omitted. I ...
This is such a great category of question. I immediately knew it probably couldn't be and my first thought was Mao's Little Red Book--not OURS!!! I realize...
Below is a recent effort that I am posting so the members of this forum can contribute to it. I would appreciate any additions or subtractions from this list...
What were the printing runs for the Harper 12x12s? Tommy H in Baton Rouge From: "JOHN WIKELIUS" <nov85@...> Date: Tue Nov 4, 2008 8:51 pm Subject: Re:...
(typed letter to Solway, N.J., 25 miles northeast of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; it's probably still a small crossroads town.) _____ WORKS PUBLISHING CO. ...
This answers a lot of questions: AACOA has the post office box moving in 1940. But according to this letter it moved in 1939. This explains Hank's meltdown in...
I'm involved in a Big Book/AA History Study. Last week we were looking at some of the external historical issues that have affected our fellowship (and its...
Long Beach man sentenced for killing his AA sponsor By Tracy Manzer, Staff Writer 11/06/2008 LONG BEACH - A 29-year-old Long Beach man was sentenced to more...
Don't know if this is appropriate or not but I was wondering if anyone knows how to get a hold of copies of the "circus jacket" cover of our BB -- I have...
Glad you responded, John, but more questions come to my mind along with one unproven assumption. The accurate Alcoholic Foundation/Works Publishing Co. office...
Does anyone have any information about Walt Whitman's novel on the alcoholic? Unfortun- ately, I cannot remember the name, (I think it was called the...
Regarding the dates for the start of the post office box numbers, the documents in the GSO Archive provide the following information: The ad for the Big Book...
Joe McCarthy (a Senator) often gets erroneously associated with the House (of Representatives) Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). HUAC was the entity...
Whitman and the Washingtonians <<Whitman was a vocal proponent of temperance and rarely drank alcohol. He once claimed he did not taste "strong liquor" until...
Whitman's novel has just recently (2007) been brought back into print, with an introduction, and a couple of shorter Whitman pieces (plus Abe Lincoln's 1842...
Can anyone date the Akron Manual? The various web sites are not in agreement as to exactly when it was written, and it would be helpful to know. Thanks, ...
Does anyone have any links to AA sites that have a picture of the Harley Davidson which Bill and Lois Wilson used while they toured the country? I'm...
In the Big Book story "A.A. TAUGHT HIM TO HANDLE SOBRIETY" Bob Pearson said [page 558 in the 4th edition] that "Within a few days I found myself drying out on...
Probably the only connection between AA and the activities of HUAC (I know of none with Joe McCarthy, except that he could have used AA) would be that a number...
And, researching to find Church Street, it's in lower Manhattan's financial district, a few blocks from Wall Street. Rick, Illinois - - - - From: schaberg43 ...
Can anyone shed any light on this? Someone sent me this email: Have you ever heard of The Fifty? It's a name for fifty AA'ers who held a press luncheon in, I...
This, and MANY other great historical pictures are available on: http://www.mensworkshop.org/AA_Gallery/index.htm This is a super resource for any History...
The January 1951 issue of the Grapevine, when it marks the anniversary of Dr. Bob's passing, lists November nineteenth at noonday. This is presumably an error,...
The NCA Bulletin published by The National Council on Alcoholism Vol 2 No 1 dated July 1976 carries the Headline CELEBRITIES IDENTIFY SELVES AS RECOVERED...
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