Mark A Whalon was an Irish-American author

Author

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. Whalon was close friends with Bill Wilson, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...

, and said to be a close influence on Wilson in his later life.

Published works

Rural Peace (LCCN: 33019932) is a 1933 book of poetry about the carefree aspects of daily life in East Dorset, Vermont.

Rural free delivery; recollections of a rural mailman (ISBN 1-113-59709-7) is a 1942 autobiographical

Autobiography

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where Whalon writes about growing up and living in East Dorset.