{"product_id":"dorothy-day-john-loughery-9781982103491","title":"Dorothy Day: Dissenting Voice of the American Century","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Magisterial and glorious\" (\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e), \u003cb\u003e the first full authoritative biography of Dorothy Day--American icon, radical pacifist, Catholic convert, and advocate for the homeless--is \"a vivid account of her political and religious development\" (Karen Armstrong, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter growing up in a conservative middle-class Republican household and working several years as a left-wing journalist, Dorothy Day converted to Catholicism and became an anomaly in American life for the next fifty years. As an orthodox Catholic, political radical, and a rebel who courted controversy, she attracted three generations of admirers. A believer in civil disobedience, Day went to jail several times protesting the nuclear arms race. She was critical of capitalism and US foreign policy, and as skeptical of modern liberalism as political conservatism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer protests began in 1917, leading to her arrest during the suffrage demonstration outside President Wilson's White House. In 1940 she spoke in Congress against the draft and urged young men not to register. She told audiences in 1962 that the US was as much to blame for the Cuban missile crisis as Cuba and the USSR. She refused to hear any criticism of the pope, though she sparred with American bishops and priests who lived in well-appointed rectories while tolerating racial segregation in their parishes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorothy Day\u003c\/i\u003e is the exceptional biography of a dedicated modern-day pacifist, an outspoken advocate for the poor, and a lifelong anarchist. This definitive and insightful account is \"a monumental exploration of the life, legacy, and spirituality of the Catholic activist\" (\u003ci\u003eSpirituality \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Loughery, Blythe Randolph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982103493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982103491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 4","brand":"John Loughery","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995200717055,"sku":"9781982103491","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d05bda0b-eb9f-460e-85fe-3dc4807b44d7.jpg?v=1683334431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dorothy-day-john-loughery-9781982103491","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}