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'''One Dozen Candles''' was a series of history and opinion books criticizing [[communism]], [[labor union]]s, and [[welfare]] policies that was assembled by [[Robert W. Welch, Jr.]] and published during the 1960s by [[Western Islands (publisher)|Western Islands]], the publishing arm of American [[paleoconservatism|paleoconservative]] advocacy group the [[John Birch Society]]. On the series packaging, the name One Dozen Candles was accompanied by the adage "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." Earlier editions also carried the branding for the "American Opinion Reprint Series" while later editions were part of "The Americanist Library." |
'''One Dozen Candles''' was a series of history and opinion books criticizing [[communism]], [[labor union]]s, and [[welfare]] policies that was assembled by [[Robert W. Welch, Jr.]] and published during the 1960s by [[Western Islands (publisher)|Western Islands]], the publishing arm of American [[paleoconservatism|paleoconservative]] advocacy group the [[John Birch Society]]. On the series packaging, the name One Dozen Candles was accompanied by the adage "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." Earlier editions also carried the branding for the "American Opinion Reprint Series" while later editions were part of "The Americanist Library." |
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The books included in the One Dozen Candles were paperback reprints of books written between 1938 and 1965 by a variety of authors, some of |
The books included in the One Dozen Candles were paperback reprints of books written between 1938 and 1965 by a variety of authors, some of whom were never members of nor ideologically aligned with the John Birch Society.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ramsey|first1=Bruce|title=Unsanctioned Voice: Garet Garrett, Journalist of the Old Right|date=2009|publisher=Caxton Press|location=Lincoln|isbn=9780870044854|page=1}}</ref> The twelve selections changed slightly over the course of the years and a thirteenth volume was added in later collections.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hendershot|first1=Heather|title=What's fair on the air? Cold War right-wing broadcasting and the public interest|date=2011|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago, IL|isbn=9780226326788|page=71}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ramsey|first1=Bruce|title=Unsanctioned Voice: Garet Garrett, Journalist of the Old Right|date=2009|publisher=Caxton Press|location=Lincoln|isbn=9780870044854|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=One dozen candles.|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/one-dozen-candles/oclc/3876543|website=WorldCat|accessdate=28 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=One dozen candles : it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/one-dozen-candles-it-is-better-to-light-one-candle-than-to-curse-the-darkness/oclc/27135277&referer=brief_results|website=WorldCat|accessdate=28 December 2014}}</ref> |
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==Series entries== |
==Series entries== |
Revision as of 04:07, 30 June 2018
One Dozen Candles was a series of history and opinion books criticizing communism, labor unions, and welfare policies that was assembled by Robert W. Welch, Jr. and published during the 1960s by Western Islands, the publishing arm of American paleoconservative advocacy group the John Birch Society. On the series packaging, the name One Dozen Candles was accompanied by the adage "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." Earlier editions also carried the branding for the "American Opinion Reprint Series" while later editions were part of "The Americanist Library."
The books included in the One Dozen Candles were paperback reprints of books written between 1938 and 1965 by a variety of authors, some of whom were never members of nor ideologically aligned with the John Birch Society.[1] The twelve selections changed slightly over the course of the years and a thirteenth volume was added in later collections.[2][3][4][5]
Series entries
Earlier collections
Vol | Title | Author | Original Publication |
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1 | While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It | John T. Flynn | 1951 |
2 | The Web of Subversion: Underground Networks in the U.S. Government | James Burnham | 1954 |
3 | America's Retreat from Victory | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy | 1951 |
4 | Odyssey of a Fellow Traveler | J.B. Matthews | 1938 |
5 | Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring | Major-General Charles A. Willoughby | 1952 |
6 | From Major Jordan's Diaries | George Racey Jordan | 1952 |
7 | I Saw Poland Betrayed | Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane | 1948 |
8 | The People's Pottage | Garet Garrett | 1953 |
9 | The Kohler Strike: Union Violence and Administrative Law | Sylvester Petro | 1961 |
10 | The Pentagon Case | Colonel Victor J. Fox with Robert A. Winston | 1958 |
11 | The Tragedy of Bolivia: A People Crucified | Alberto Ostria Gutierrez | 1958 |
12 | Nine Men Against America | Rosalie M. Gordon | 1958 |
Later collections
Vol | Title | Author | Original Publication |
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1 | While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It | John T. Flynn | 1951 |
2 | Seeds of Treason | Ralph de Toledano | 1950 |
3 | America's Retreat from Victory | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy | 1951 |
4 | The Whole of Their Lives | Benjamin Gitlow | 1948 |
5 | Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring | Major-General Charles A. Willoughby | 1952 |
6 | From Major Jordan's Diaries | George Racey Jordan | 1952 |
7 | I Saw Poland Betrayed | Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane | 1948 |
8 | The People's Pottage | Garet Garrett | 1953 |
9 | The Kohler Strike: Union Violence and Administrative Law | Sylvester Petro | 1961 |
10 | The Invisible Government | Dan Smoot | 1962 |
11 | France, The Tragic Years | Sisley Huddleston | 1955 |
12 | Nine Men Against America | Rosalie M. Gordon | 1958 |
* | Background to Betrayal: The Tragedy of Vietnam | Hilaire du Berrier | 1965 |
- 13th title included in boxed sets was not included in printed listing on package
References
- ^ Ramsey, Bruce (2009). Unsanctioned Voice: Garet Garrett, Journalist of the Old Right. Lincoln: Caxton Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780870044854.
- ^ Hendershot, Heather (2011). What's fair on the air? Cold War right-wing broadcasting and the public interest. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780226326788.
- ^ Ramsey, Bruce (2009). Unsanctioned Voice: Garet Garrett, Journalist of the Old Right. Lincoln: Caxton Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780870044854.
- ^ "One dozen candles". WorldCat. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "One dozen candles : it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness". WorldCat. Retrieved 28 December 2014.