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Here on the edge : how a small group of World War II conscientious objectors took art and peace from the margins to the mainstream /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McQuiddy, Steve
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Civilian Public Service. > Camp #56 (Waldport, Or.)
World War, 1939-1945 > Conscientious objectors > Oregon > Waldport.
Conscientious objectors > Oregon > Waldport > History > 20th century.
Arts > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Artists > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Authors, American > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Musicians > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Oregon > Intellectual life.
World War, 1939-1945 > Oregon > Waldport.
Table of Contents:
  • An unusual gathering
  • The cost of conscience in America
  • Shared misery and gallows humor
  • Community, cooperation, and sacrifice
  • Against them the creative act
  • Democratic sausage-making
  • No use for war
  • As close as it gets to a school
  • The revolution begins
  • Be cheerful, keep smiling
  • What now?
  • Unscrew the locks from the doors!
  • Coda: Let us at least salute it.