{"product_id":"writing-straight-with-crooked-lines-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Writing Straight with Crooked Lines: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Forest\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Forest has spent a lifetime in the cause of peace and reconciliation. In this memoir he traces his story through his intimate encounters with some of the great peacemakers of our time, including Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Daniel Berrigan, Henri Nouwen, and Thich Nhat Hanh. The son of ardent Communists, his remarkable journey led to his enlistment in the Navy, and then his discharge as a conscientious objector following his conversion to Catholicism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the Catholic Worker in New York he went on to play a key role in mobilizing religious protest against the Vietnam War and served a year in prison for his role in destroying draft records in Milwaukee. But his journey continued, including extensive travels in Russia in the last years of the USSR, his reception into the Orthodox Church, and his work as the author of over a dozen books on spirituality and peacemaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJim Forest (1941-2022), a co-founder of the Catholic Peace Fellowship, \u003c\/strong\u003ewas author of many Orbis books, including \u003cem\u003eAll Is Grace, Living with Wisdom, At Play in the Lions' Den and Eyes of Compassion\u003c\/em\u003e (his biographies of peacemakers Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Daniel Berrigan, and Thich Naht Hanh). His other bestselling titles include \u003cem\u003ePraying with Icons, The Ladder of the Beatitudes, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWriting Straight with Crooked Lines: A Memoir.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758631780640,"sku":"9781626983571","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3fc2c311bce4ccc5a144ae7a9a8ace52.webp?v=1780131045","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/writing-straight-with-crooked-lines-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}