Plowing My Own Furrow

A memoir written at 95, by America's oldest living conscientious objector. It tells of the harsh treatment meted out to conscientious objectors during World War I, his upbringing in rural upstate New York, and the impact on his thinking by socialist leaders such as Eugene Dobs and Norman Thomas.

About the author

Howard Moore was born in 1889 in Sing Sing (later Ossining), New York. He only finished the eighth grade, then went to Manhattan to work for the telephone company at the age of fourteen. Moore was self-educated, an agnostic, and had never been a member of any political party. He had been America's oldest living conscientious objector to World War I and wrote this book at the age of ninety-five.

Summary

A memoir written at 95, by America's oldest living conscientious objector. It tells of the harsh treatment meted out to conscientious objectors during World War I, his upbringing in rural upstate New York, and the impact on his thinking by socialist leaders such as Eugene Dobs and Norman Thomas.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Moore, Howard W Moore, Howard W. Moore
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1993
• EAN: 9780815602767
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0276-7
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 215 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 290 g
• Series: Peace and Conflict Resolution; Syracuse Studies on Peace and; Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies