Fifteen Years in Hell an Autobiography By Luther Benson 1892- a presumed hot FIRST EDITION book- RARE & unique edition/ alcohol recovery story

Fifteen Years in Hell an Autobiography By Luther Benson- A presumed FIRST EDITION book- 1882. This book is over 100 years old and shows its age! It's in POOR condition, the pages are loose from the binding and there is a considerable amount of wear and tear too! PLEASE SEE PICTURES! The pages are very think, and they all still appear to all be there, and you can still read them, but they are very delicate! Someone also stuck a pin though one of the pages to keep them together (shown in pictures)... I left it in, I thought it told a neat little story of the past owners of the book! It also seems to be a RARE EDITION, I couldn't find any other information on this particular edition, almost like it's the only one like it around... I'm sure there are others like it, but I haven't come across them or seen them yet. This is a very unique and rare find of a book! A perfect edition to add to someone's vintage book collection or library!

*** 212 pages
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*** Fifteen Years in Hell Is the 1885 autobiography of Luther Benson. Benson struggled with alcohol most of his life. His drinking led to his leaving college. Benson made a promise to his mother to not drink, but as so many addicts do he broke his word. This is his story and it is more importantly a plea to others to not follow in his path. His introduction says, ""FIFTEEN YEARS IN HELL," may, to some, seem irreverent or profane, but let me assure any such that it is the mildest I can find which conveys an idea of the facts. Expect nothing ornate or romantic. The path along which you who walk with me will go is not a flowery one. Its shadows are those of the cypress and yew; its skies are curtained with funereal clouds; its beginning is a gloom and its end is a mad house. But go with me, for you can suffer no harm, and a knowledge of what you will see may hot lead you to warn others who are in danger of doing as I have done. Unless help comes to me from on high, I feel that I am near the end of my weary and sorrow-laden pilgrimage on earth. You who are in the light, I speak to you from the shadow; you who suffer, I speak to you from the depths; you who are dying, perhaps I may speak to you from the world of the dead; in any case the words herein written are the truth."