America Is Hard to Find
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition. 191, library stamps (one crossed out in marker), library stamps on fore-edge crossed out in marker, rough spot inside rear flyleaf. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition. 191, library stamps (one crossed out in marker), library stamps on fore-edge crossed out in marker, rough spot inside rear flyleaf. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. First Printing. 140, ink name inside front flyleaf, spotting to fore-edge, DJ somewhat soiled and foxed and some edge wear. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970. Book Club? Edition. Hardcover. 215, [1] pages. Front DJ flap price clipped, some wear and soiling to DJ. Gift inscription from Jenny and Carol Berrigan (sister-in-law or author). Daniel Berrigan tells frankly and fully about the events which turned him into an outlaw and a convict, including the Catonsville Nine episode and the upheaval at Cornell in 1969. Daniel Joseph Berrigan SJ (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author. Berrigan's protests against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine. He was arrested multiple times and sentenced to prison for destruction of government property, and was listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "most wanted list" after flight to avoid imprisonment (the first-ever priest on the list). For the rest of his life, Berrigan remained one of the United States' leading anti-war activists. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 215, [1] pages. There is some wear and soiling to DJ. Daniel Berrigan tells frankly and fully about the events which turned him into an outlaw and a convict, including the Catonsville Nine episode and the upheaval at Cornell in 1969. Daniel Joseph Berrigan SJ (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author. Berrigan's protests against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine. He was arrested multiple times and sentenced to prison for destruction of government property, and was listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "most wanted list" after flight to avoid imprisonment (the first-ever priest on the list). For the rest of his life, Berrigan remained one of the United States' leading anti-war activists. More
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1985. Reprint. Second printing, 1986. Trade paperback. Inscribed on title page. vi, 133, [1] pages. Signed by author. Cover has slight wear and soiling. More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1971. First Edition? First Printing? Hardcover. [12], 179, [5], pages. From DJ flaps- These conversations, and the events surrounding them in the summer of 1970, describe a geography of faith whose landscape indlucded open defiance of the government, a varied response from the psychiatric community, recourse to prayer and solitude, and, finally, nationwide attention that has heightened the meaning of nonviolent resistance in America. Underground from April 9 to August 11, Father Andiel Berrign refused to report to Deferal authorities to begin imprisonment for his antiwar action at Catonsville, Maryland. Meanwhile, Daniel's brother Philip had been arrested and imprisoned in Lewisburg. In July he began a fast to protest prison harassment and the news provoked a reaction in many people, notably Dr. Robert Coles. operation on both fronts, Coles visited Philip Berrigan in prison, then later met with Daniel Berrigan, still underground, to open a discussion on a variety of shared concerns. What is healt anyway? What is the future of the nuclear family? How can the movement be a "school of alternatives"? What are the responsibilities of professionals? In general, how do a jesuit priest and a child psychiatrist, in similar or dissimilar ways, deal with the demands placed upon human development in a time of war and national protest? More
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2009. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 8.25 inches. 285, [3] pages. Sources. Introduction by John Dear. This is one of the Modern Spiritual Masters Series. Complimentary Review Copy card laid in. Through this selection from his many books, journals, poems, and homilies, a chronicle of Fr. Berrigan's life and work unfolds from the early steps in his vocation, to his decision to cross the line and go to prison, his ongoing witness for peace, and his extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical discipleship. Daniel Joseph Berrigan SJ (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author. Berrigan's active protest against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine. It also landed him on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "most wanted list" (the first-ever priest on the list), on the cover of Time magazine, and in prison. For the rest of his life, Berrigan remained one of the United States' leading anti-war activists. In 1980, he co-founded the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear protest group, that put him back into the national spotlight. He was also an award-winning and prolific author of some 50 books, a teacher, and a university educator. More