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 [log in to unmask] David Fahey wrote: > fyi > > 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] > > >