To Dwell in Peace: An Autobiography (Daniel Berrigan Reprint)

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This new edition of Daniel Berrigans classic autobiography To Dwell in Peace with a new afterword by the author takes us through his childhood in Syracuse; his early years as a Jesuit teacher priest and poet; his bold 1968 Catonsville Nine action when he poured homemade napalm on draft files in opposition to the U.S. war on Vietnam; and his ongoing civil disobedience which led to his going underground and subsequent two-year imprisonment. We read of friends like Thomas Merton Dorothy Day William Stringfellow and his brother Philip Berrigan with whom he participated again in the 1980 Plowshares Eight disarmament action. Daniel Berrigans breathtaking story and the poetic way he tells it inspire and challenge us to resist war pursue nuclear disarmament and undertake a similar journey to peace hope and justice.