French Translation of Twenty-Four Hours a Day by Richmond Walker - Montreal
French Translation of Twenty-Four Hours a Day by Richmond Walker - Montreal
VINGT-QUATRE HEURES
PAR JOUR
Publié par
Le Comité 24 Heures, Enr.
C.P. 124, Succursale "B", Montréal 2, Canada
This is an early and possibly the first printing of the Twenty-Four Hours a Day book being translated from English into another language. This printing being translated to French by an AA Group in Montreal, Canada.
It is stated on Page 2 that this book has been published with permission by The Hazelden Foundation. This printing is not dated but is believed to have been printed in the early 1950’s as it was not officially published by Hazelden but with permission.
The Twenty-Four Hours a Day book was originally published by Richmond Walker and the Daytona Beach Group in Daytona Beach, FL in 1948 before Hazelden started printing the book in the 1950’s.
Information about the writing of the book:
“Rich (who had gotten sober in May 1942) first assembled the material on small cards which he carried around with him to use in his own prayer and meditation. But in 1948, members of the A.A. groups in Daytona Beach, Florida, persuaded him to have this material printed in book form, so the rest of them could use it too. He had some copies printed, and demand for the book quickly began to spread outside of the Daytona Beach area. Rich distributed them from his basement: A.A. members would write him asking for copies, and he would wrap them and mail them out. Past Delegate Bob P. (Goshen, Indiana) told me that Wesley Parrish, an A.A. member in Daytona Beach, was a County Commissioner and obtained the use of the county printing press to run these copies off. The county was paid for the printing, but this arrangement may have made it easier to print small batches relatively inexpensively. I was told that Parrish (whom Bob P. had met in the course of his A.A. activities) had come from Georgia down into Florida as a housing contractor.”
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The book is in very good condition. The cover has experienced some wear. There is no writing or markings inside the book. The photo of the two books side by side shows the difference in size of this book compared to a regular sized Twenty-Four Hours a Day book.
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