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Author Rumsey, Suzanne Kesler, 1977-

Title Blessed Are the Peacemakers Small Histories During World War II, Letter Writing, and Family History Methodology
Published : University of Alabama Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (233 p.)
Contents Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Conduit and Platform -- Chapter 2. Beginnings (Early Life) -- Chapter 3. Conscription, Nonresistance, and Civilian Public Service -- Chapter 4. Leaving and Nesting -- Chapter 5. Ben's Work and Camp Life at Sideling Hill -- Chapter 6. Miriam's Story-the First Six Months -- Chapter 7. Finances and Interpersonal Conflicts -- Chapter 8. The Holidays -- Chapter 9. Transition to Rhode Island -- Chapter 10. Archives, Family History, and the Personal -- Chapter 11. Conditions of the State Hospital in 1943
Chapter 12. Daily Life at the State Hospital -- Chapter 13. Finances and More Conflicts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "An uncommon and intimate account of the lives of two conscientious objectors"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Kesler, Benjamin Elias, Jr., 1920-1981.
Kesler, Miriam Elizabeth, 1925-2013.
Civilian Public Service -- Biography
Dunkard Brethren -- Biography
SUBJECT Civilian Public Service fast
Dunkard Brethren fast
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Biography
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Biography
Pacifists -- United States -- Biography
Married people -- United States -- Correspondence
Letter writing -- United States
Genealogy -- Authorship
Conscientious objectors
Genealogy -- Authorship
Letter writing
Married people
Pacifists
United States
Genre/Form e-books.
Biographies
Personal correspondence
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 081739348X
9780817393489