{"product_id":"a-few-small-candles-larry-gara-9780873386210","title":"A Few Small Candles","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle is known about those who openly refused to enter military service in World War II because of their convictions against killing. While many of those men accepted alternative civilian service, more than 6,000 were incarcerated with sentences ranging from a few months to five years. Some were tried, convicted, and reimprisoned for essentially the same offense--resisting induction into the armed forces--after their initial release.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Few Small Candles, \u003c\/em\u003e ten men tell why they resisted, what happened to them, and how they feel about that experience today. Their stories detail the resisters' struggles against racial segregation in prison, as well as how they instigated work and hunger strikes to demonstrate against other prison injustices. Each of the ten has remained active in various causes relating to peace and social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a unique collection of memoirs that illuminated the American homefront during World War II and provides an important source for those interested in the American peace movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Gara, Lenna Mae Gara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873386213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873386210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.27w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000 pg. 96 - Strongly Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarry Gara\u003c\/strong\u003e, a historian, teacher, and part-time activist, lives with his wife, \u003cstrong\u003eLenna Mae Gara\u003c\/strong\u003e, a freelance writer and community activist, in Wilmington, Ohio, where he retired from Wilmington College after 40 years in the classroom. He is concerned that the record of active nonviolence becomes more visible as an important part of U.S. history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Larry Gara","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047800991999,"sku":"9780873386210","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a24fc9b0-13af-4216-a5d6-c40b54cffcd3.jpg?v=1684992251","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-few-small-candles-larry-gara-9780873386210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}