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Out of Bounds by Chuck Worley (Paperback / softback, 2010)

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OUT OF BOUNDS is a first-person, true story of conscience and courage that you ll never forget. In 1941, before Pearl Harbor, life was uncertain. Would America remain at peace as Europe went to war? What would the new peacetime draft mean to American men between the ages of 21 and 35, w required to register with the Selective Service and prepare themselves for military service? Chuck Worley was in college then and, like several thousand other Americans, in the process of making up his mind to become a conscientious objector (CO). A new national system of Civilian Public Service (CPS) work camps awaited men like Worley. After being drafted and granted CO status, he tried to fit into the CPS system and its work of national importance. But he felt the goals of the program fell short, and he walked out. Soon he found himself in the custody of U.S. Marshals, eventually winding up in Sandstone Federal Prison in Minnesota. OUT OF BOUNDS collects Worley s WW II journal-like letters and poems from his time in prison. His writing provides a moving, thoughtful, heartfelt, and provocative look at the 1940s prison system in America, and what it meant to be a war resister during WW II. Prison was a lonely world for a newly married young man. Worley and his CO friends organized themselves for protests and strikes, faced solitary confinement and abuse, and fought for desegregation of the prison, all the while working to gain their freedom. Their strategies included n-cooperation, writing manifestos, and conducting hunger strikes (which led to being force-fed by the guards). Worley s letters convey the loneliness, isolation, and struggle of fighting against the system. They also convey his love to his young bride, and we get a close-up look at how they struggled to build a life together when separated by war. OUT OF BOUNDS is a brave personal statement about one conscientious objector s response to the Good War, and it is a lasting testament to the power of one man's refusal to abandon his beliefs against the backdrop of a world at war.

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Publisher
Speak4peace.Com
GTIN
9780982866207
ISBN-10
0982866208
ISBN-13
9780982866207
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184608361

Product Key Features

Era
1940s
Author
Chuck Worley
Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Biography: Historical, Political & Military
Type
Biography
Genre
Biography: Historical, Political & Military

Dimensions

Weight
517g
Depth
20mm
Height
229mm
Width
152mm

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
Minnesota
Spine
20mm
Edited by
John Ellison
Regional Cuisine
American
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Region
World,Europe, Europe, World
Foreword by
Kim Stafford
Recommended Age Range
0-12 months
Date of Publication
01/09/2010
PublicationDate
01-Sep-10
Publication Year
20100000
Country of Publication
United States

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