Drunkard's Progress
Subtitle: Narratives of Addiction, Despair, and Recovery
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: January 20, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780801860089
Subjects: Alcoholism; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Drug addiction & substance abuse; Other prose: 19th century; Social history; Self-Help; Alcohol Abuse; Special Subjects In Literature; Literary Criticism; American English; Sociology; USA; American - General; Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; General; Temperance
First sentence: Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-85) was an incredibly prolific writer of stories in the sentimental vein.