| My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson--His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous Contributor(s): Cheever, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743405919 ISBN-13: 9780743405911 Publisher: Washington Square Press OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: The definitive biography of Bill Wilson, a cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, is drawn from exclusive access to his personal letters and diaries, documents in the organization's archives, and hundreds of interviews. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Self-help | Twelve-step Programs - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.34" W x 8.28" (0.69 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
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| Publisher Description: The definitive biography of Bill Wilson, the man who established Alcoholics Anonymous, and the first to be written with access to documents in that organization's archives, by a noted author who is herself a recovering alcoholic. In this definitive and groundbreaking biography, acclaimed author Susan Cheever offers a remarkably human portrait of a man whose life and work both influenced and saved the lives of millions of people. Drawing from personal letters, diaries, AA archives, interviews--and Cheever's own experiences with alcoholism--My Name Is Bill is the first fully documented, deeply felt account of Bill Wilson and Alcoholics Anonymous. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cheever, Susan: - Susan Cheever is the bestselling author of thirteen previous books, including five novels and the memoirs Note Found in a Bottle and Home Before Dark. Her work has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Boston Globe Winship Medal. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a member of the Corporation of Yaddo, and a member of the Author's Guild Council. She teaches in the Bennington College M.F.A. program. She lives in New York City with her family. |