April 1939Search and read the 1939 first edition of the Big Book

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What the Big Book says

Enter a word or phrase to see how often the book uses it, where it appears, and every passage that contains it.

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How does this search work?

When you search for a word, the page also counts its other forms. Search “hope” and it counts hopes, hoped and hoping too. You can change this with the tick boxes under your results.

  • First box: counts other forms of your word. Untick it to count only the exact word you typed.
  • Second box: only appears for some words. It adds words from the same family that can mean something a little different. It starts unticked so you decide.

To find an exact phrase, put it in quotation marks.