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he Bruce Publishing Company Milwaukee 1966 Novel about alcoholism on Chicago's Skid Row. An absolutely honest, fast-moving, often brutal story of life among the down-and-out alcoholics on Chicago's Skid Row--an area known to its inhabitants as The Street--[this book] brilliantly dramatizes the plight of Skid Row's alcoholics as well as the problems of those seeking to comfort and, if possible, to rehabilitate these unfortunates. The author was a sports columnist for a Chicago newspaper. Very scarce novel, whose characters include the successful members of Alcoholics Anonymous who try to restore them to sobriety. Some damp staining to spine and boards. Rare in any condition. First U.K. Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall Cloth Very Good Fair Hardback , Has Dustjacket , First Edition The Bruce Publishing Company Milwaukee (c.1966) First edition Hardcover VG in VG (price-clipped) dj [worn at bottom edges and top corners, spine a little turned; jacket soiled, jagged closed tear (not too noticeable) at top of front panel, a few other small edge-tears, one small chip missing at bottom of rear panel]. An absolutely honest, fast-moving, often brutal story of life among the down-and-out alcoholics on Chicago's Skid Row -- an area known to its inhabitants as The Street -- [this book] brilliantly dramatizes the plight of Skid Row's alcoholics as well as the problems of those seeking to comfort and, if possible, to rehabilitate these unfortunates. The author was a sports columnist for a Chicago newspaper. Very scarce novel, whose characters include the successful members of Alcoholics Anonymous who try to restore them to sobriety. click on the thumbnails to view larger photos
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