Conduit and platform -- Beginnings (early life) -- Conscription, nonresistance, and Civilian Public Service -- Leaving and nesting -- Ben's work and camp life at Sideling Hill -- Miriam's story : the first six months -- Finances and interpersonal conflicts -- The holidays -- Transition to Rhode Island -- Archives, family history, and the personal -- Conditions at the State Hospital in 1943 -- Daily life at the State Hospital -- Finances and more conflicts -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"An uncommon and intimate account of the lives of two conscientious objectors"-- Provided by publisher.
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