Temperance, Prohibition & Pre-AA Reform
Explore books, pamphlets, periodicals, advertisements, and historical material from the movements that addressed alcoholism before Alcoholics Anonymous. This collection includes Washingtonian, temperance, prohibition, religious, medical, and social-reform works from the 19th and early 20th centuries, along with early addiction-treatment material and literature that shaped public understanding of alcohol before the rise of modern recovery movements.
Asylum by William Seabrook from 1935
Asylum by William Seabrook. This book has a copyright date from 1935 and comes with the original dust jacket. The amazingly candid story of William...
View full detailsTemperance or Prohibition? - 1929
Temperance or Prohibition? This is a first edition from 1929 with the original dust jacket. About this book: “A BOOK of evidence indicating the Am...
View full detailsDave Ranney or Thirty Years on the Bowery: An Autobiography - 1910
Dave Ranney or Thirty Years on the Bowery: An Autobiography - 1910 From the introduction: ”The autobiography which this book contains is that of a ...
View full detailsThe Man Nobody Knows by Bruce Barton
The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus by Bruce Barton. This book is a title that was in Dr. Bob Smith’s personal library and a book t...
View full detailsCharles Towns Preface - Wreckage: A Drama in Three Acts by J. Hartley Manners - 1916 - Very Rare
Wreckage: A Drama in Three Acts by J. Hartley Manners. This book was published in 1916 by Dodd, Mead and Company. This is a three act play about t...
View full detailsJohn Barleycorn by Jack London - First London Printing - 1914
This is the popular book titled John Barleycorn by Jack London. This is a First printing of the London publication by Mills & Boon, Limited fro...
View full detailsELEVEN YEARS A DRUNKARD, - OR - THE LIFE OF THOMAS DONER
ELEVEN YEARS A DRUNKARD, - OR - THE LIFE OF THOMAS DONER Having Lost Both Arms Through Intemperance,He wrote this book with his teethAS A WARNING T...
View full detailsTen Nights in a Bar-Room: A Temperance Drama in Five Acts
Ten Nights in a Bar-Room: A Temperance Drama in Five Acts FOUNDED ON MR. T. S. ARTHUR'S NOVELBY WILLIAM W. PRATT REVISED EDITION, GIVING CAST OF CH...
View full detailsPlatform Echoes, by John B. Gough
Platform Echoes, or Living Truths for Head and Heart, by John B. Gough John B. Gough was a popular orator in the temperance movement in the United...
View full detailsThe Wrecker, Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne - 1891
The Wrecker Robert Louis Stevensona and Lloyd Osbourne - 1891 Excerpt from the book: I had to content myself by pretending very arduously to be poo...
View full detailsStrong Drink: The Curse and the Cure, by T.S. Arthur - 1877
Strong Drink: The Curse and the Cure T.S. Arthur, from 1877 Excerpt from the publisher: We have one of those intensely wrought temperance stories f...
View full detailsTen Nights in a Bar Room - T.S. Arthur
Ten Nights in a Bar Room - T.S. Arthur ‘Ten Nights in a Bar Room,’ considered by many to be one of the best temperance novels of the 19th century, ...
View full detailsTemperance and the Changing Liquor Situation - Deets Pickett, 1934
Temperance and the Changing Liquor Situation - Deets Pickett Published by New York, The Methodist Book Concern [C1934], 1934 Book is in very go...
View full detailsJohn Barleycorn by Jack London 1st Printing - 1913 w/ODJ
This is the popular book titled John Barleycorn by Jack London. This is a 1st Edition 1st Printing from 1913, printed by The Century Co. This first...
View full detailsSunlight and Shadow by John B. Gough
Sunlight and Shadow or, Gleanings from My Life Work Comprising Personal Experiences and Opinions, Anecdotes, Incidents, and Reminiscences Gathered ...
View full detailsDown In Water Street by Samuel H. Hadley - 13th Edition
Down in Water Street: A Story of Sixteen Years Life and Work in Water Street Mission a Sequel to the Life of Jerry McAuley This book is a Thirteent...
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