michael bethune (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 62 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.13 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Pamphlet. Zustand: Fair. [ii], 48 pp. Octavo [23 cm]; saddle-stapled in illustrated wrappers. Quite age-toned. Wraps sporadically stained, especially along the spine. The covers are splitting at the fold and are detached but present. Small bumps and chips to front cover and preliminary pages. From page 43 all the way to the end of the work there is a two-inch uniform chip and loss from the bottom corner, never affecting the printed areas. Internally clean. "This introduction to a few short selections from the writings of the founder of the Catholic Worker movement in the United States, and of Ammon Hennacy, one of its editors today, are brought out in this slight pamphlet to make men think." With seven (linoleum block?) illustrations by the Belgian religious/iconographical artist, Ade Bethune. Along with Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin was one of the founders of the Catholic Worker Movement in 1933. The Christian anarchist Ammon Hennacy was also one of the founding fathers of the present-day radical movement. He was associate editor of "The Catholic Worker," and, after he retired, he went to Salt Lake City to run the Joe Hill House for Hospitality and Migrant Workers. Throughout his time spent protesting and embracing pacifism, he was jailed over 30 times. Contains: Introduction by Dorothy Day (p1), Easy Essays by Peter Maurin (p5), Atlanta Prison1917 by Ammon Hennacy (p6), Easy Essays by Peter Maurin (p20), Tax Refusal and Life On The Land by Ammon Hennacy (p22), Easy Essays by Peter Maurin (p36), The Catholic Worker Movement: An Appraisal by J. Michael McCloskey (p39), Easy Essays by Peter Maurin (p47).