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  • THE LAST KNIFE. by Johnson, Annabel and Edgar.
    Johnson, Annabel and Edgar.
    THE LAST KNIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thoughtful young adult novel written during the Vietnam War when the draft upended so many lives - "Searching for an explanation of his older brother's willingness to go to jail rather than be drafted, Rick learns about other cases of conscientious objectors in America's history." 192 pp. ISBN: 0-671651668.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (closed tear to top edge, other edgewear, some soiling to dj)

    Book ID: 89556
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  • THE KING'S JUSTICE: A Maggie Hope Mystery. by MacNeal, Susan Elia
    MacNeal, Susan Elia
    THE KING'S JUSTICE: A Maggie Hope Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's 9th mystery, a thriller set during World War II. Taking a break from spying, Maggie is working to defuse bombs in London. Traumatized by her past, she is living dangerously, but when it appears that a serial killer is targeting the conscientious objectors who work alongside her on the bomb squad, she is drawn into the investigation. Sources. 337 pp. ISBN: 978-0399593840.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 89129
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  • YELLOW DOGS. by Zochert, Donald.
    Zochert, Donald.
    YELLOW DOGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of war objectors who were drafted during World War I - The Great War. The story focuses on a Kansas farm boy who objects to serving because "killing is wrong." As a result, he's a prisoner in the disclipinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, where he's subjected to a violent and degrading regime, but still manages to form a community with Mennonites from the Dakotas, wobblies and anarchists from Chicago and New York, and nerve cases from the front. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-871132540.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 68391
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