Writing the Big Book: The Creation of A.A.

The definitive history of writing and producing the"Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous, told through extensive access to the group's archives.\nAlcoholics Anonymous\nis arguably the most significant self-help book published in the twentieth century. Released in 1939, the "Big Book,"??? as it's commonly known, has sold an estimated 37 million copies, been translated into seventy languages, and spawned numerous recovery communities around the world while remaining a vibrant plan for recovery from addiction in all its forms for millions of people. While there are many books about A.A. history, most rely on anecdotal stories told well after the fact by Bill Wilson and other early members-???accounts that have proved to be woefully inaccurate at times.\nWriting the Big Book\nbrings exhaustive research, academic discipline, and informed insight to the subject not seen since Ernest Kurtz's\nNot-God\n, published forty years ago.\nFocusing primarily on the eighteen months from October 1937, when a book was first proposed, and April 1939 when\nAlcoholics Anonymous\nwas published, Schaberg's history is based on eleven years of research into the wealth of 1930s documents currently preserved in several A.A. archives. Woven together into an exciting narrative, these real-time documents tell an almost week-by-week story of how the book was created, providing more than a few unexpected turns and surprising departures from the hallowed stories that have been so widely circulated about early A.A. history.\nFast-paced, engaging, and contrary,\nWriting the Big Book\npresents a vivid picture of how early A.A. operated and grew and reveals many previously unreported details about the colorful cast of characters who were responsible for making that group so successful.\nBook details\nPage Numbers Source ISBN:\n194948128X\nPublisher:\nCentral Recovery Press (September 24, 2019)\nPublication Date:\nSeptember 24, 2019\nLanguage:\nEnglish\nASIN:\nB07ZMHLDCK