Hi Gang,

How about a full-fledged review by someone who specializes in this
period?  I am of course a post-AA historian, but I learned a great deal
from the mss. for this book -- and it is well-writen and very readable.

ernie kurtz
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David Fahey wrote:

> fyi
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> Drunkard's refuge :
> the lessons of the New York State Inebriate Asylum /
>
> Crowley, John William, 1945-=A0; White, William L.,; 1947-=A0
>
> Amherst :; University of Massachusetts Press, 2004
> x, 127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
> ISBN: 1558494308 (cloth : alk. paper); National Library: 101207719;=20
> LCCN: 2003-16299
>
> Contents:
> Chronology of the New York State Inebriate Asylum -- "What shall we do
> with the inebriate?" -- The visionary J. Edward Turner -- The battle of
> Binghamton -- The asylum's new day and its twilight -- Lessons and
> legacies.
>
> [U. of Massachusetts Press recently has become a major publisher of=20
> alcohol history-related books]
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