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HELP WANTED! The Experiences of Some Quaker Conscientious Objectors by Arle Brooks and Robert J. Leach - 1940

by Arle Brooks and Robert J. Leach

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HELP WANTED! The Experiences of Some Quaker Conscientious Objectors by Arle Brooks and Robert J. Leach - 1940

HELP WANTED! The Experiences of Some Quaker Conscientious Objectors

by Arle Brooks and Robert J. Leach

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  • Paperback
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Philadelphia, PA: American Friends Service Committee and Pendle Hill. Offered is a first edition, third printing, of "HELP WANTED! The Experiences of Some Quaker Conscientious Objectors" written by Arle Brooks and Robert J. Leach jointly published in 1940 by the American Friends Service Committee and Pendle Hill out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (the AFSC) and Wallingford, Pennsylvania (Pendle Hill). A stapled softcover measuring 4-7/8" by 7-3/4" and containing 52 pages including front and rear covers. A report consisting of case studies of experiences of conscientious objectors during World War I, the Table of Contents are: Introduction; Conscription; Local Boards; Entrainment; Case Studies ("The Uncertain Man"; "The Unwise Man"; "The Intelligent Man"); Advice of A.F.S.C. on Particular Problems; Pressure from Officers; Punishment; Attitudes of Conscientious Objectors; Conclusions. With Appendices: Statistics; Government Rulings. Edges of outer covers lightly sunned. . Near Fine. Stapled Wraps. 1st Edition. 3rd Printing. 1940.
  • Bookseller Bloomsbury Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Stapled Wraps
  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher American Friends Service Committee and Pendle Hill
  • Place of Publication Philadelphia, PA
  • Date Published 1940
  • Pages 52
  • Size 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
  • Keywords Religious Society of Friends; Quakers; World War One
  • Size 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

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Conscripts of Conscience and Help Wanted : The Experiences of Some Quaker Conscientious Objectors

by Hassler, R Alfred; Arle Brooks and Robert J Leach

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Reprint Ed
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780824004149 / 0824004140
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New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Reprint Ed. Hardcover. 0824004140 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; Reprints of two publications: 1. Conscripts of Conscience : The story of sixteen Americans between the ages of 45 and 65 who, on April 27, 1942, refused to register under the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, by R Alfred Hassler, 1942: The Fellowship of Reconciliation; and 2. Help Wanted: The experiences of some Quaker conscientious objectors, 1940: The American Friends Service Committee and Pendle Hill. The first publication concerns World War II era draft resistance; the second outlines Quaker experience during World War I. ; The Garland Library of War and Peace; Ex-Library; 9, 71, 48 pages .
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