On October 1 2010, Hazelden Publishing released The Book That Started It All: The Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous. For $65 directly from Hazelden Publishing or a mere $35 from Amazon.com, you get a 248 page hardback copy of the working manuscript with original notes in four different colors. The book also includes an introduction and comments from AA historians.
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From Hazelden's product description: "In January 1939, Wilson and other AA founders distributed 400 copies of his typescript to everyone they could think of "who might be concerned with the problem of alcoholism," to test out the program. As the loan copies were returned, suggestions for revision were considered and written out in colored pencil on one master copy that was eventually submitted for publication. The many changes made in black, green, and red on page after page are shown here in their original form, revealing the opinions, debates, and discussions that went into making the Big Book."
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