The Third Strike, GRAY, alcoholic's self-analysis, alcoholism, 1949, aa related

Description: The good dust jacket with light wear and some small chips on the edges is now in a mylar protector. There is a red mark on back of cover of the dustjacket. The hardcover looks great, but pages14/15 were open and there is a coffee drop stain on each side (or some liquid). (see pic) Otherwise pages are clean and still fairly white. No writing on inside front cover or first blank page. No mention of AA, but the story of a man's alcoholism sounds very familiar.From the DJ: "An alcoholic's brilliant self-analysis." In the early 1900s, Starr Daily was a hardened criminal, the kind of man who seemed destined to spend his life behind bars. Filled with hate from the tender age of eight years old, Starr had already run afoul of the law repeatedly by the time he reached adolescence. Uncaring and calloused to the suffering of others, Daily admits that he "harmed thousands, many very brutally." Daily became a hardened criminal, and spent fourteen years in prisons and chain gangs, surviving the barbaric penal system of the early 20th century by the force of his hatred. Everyone, including Starr himself, believed that he was beyond rehabilitation and without hope in this world. The world may have given up on Starr Daily, and Starr may have given up on himself. Yet, while no person on earth found him worth saving, in a phenomenal manner, the love of God changed Starr Daily; and as he learned to walk in that love, he changed his circumstances, the people around him, the prison institution, and the course of his life. This is the tragic but vivid self-analysis of an alcoholic. It describes, in gripping fashion, the losing struggle one youth had with alcoholism. At the age of 27 the author committed suicide. Even in this brief autobiography there are indications that he came near to finding the power to win the battle, as others have done. A revealing study. Arguably one of the most eloquent and wrenching books ever written about the debilitating despair of a hopeless alcoholic. There is no self-pity or drama, just a factual account of the last few days of this person's life in the Bowery. The style is crisp, incisive and poetic. It is a small book. My understanding is that this book was published posthumously after the author committed suicide. What a loss the literary world suffered, what a waste. except for this little gem he left behind!.Please email with any questions.

Price: 35 USD

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

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