Stumbling Toward Justice: Stories Of Place

Stumbling Toward Justice Is A Collection Of Stories Of One Man's Odyssey Through The Darkness Of The Modern World. His Journey Takes Him Through The United States, Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, Germany, And India. In Each Place He Stumbles For Ground On Which He Can Stand, On Which He Can Seek An Honorable Life And Practice.--book Jacket. He Questions Contemporary Belief In The Goods Offered By Mainstream Or Conventional Practices Of Child Rearing, Education, Health Care, Industrial Farming, And Offers A Critique Of Economic Growth And Technological Advances. Each Chapter Relates A Story In One Of These Areas From Hoinacki's Experience, An Experience That Inspires Him To Critical Reflection.--jacket. Hoinacki's Underlying Assumption Is That A Narrative Relating One's Personal Experience May Introduce The Reader To A Wider And More Incisive Understanding Than That Provided By The Investigative And Reporting Methods Of The Social And Natural Sciences.--jacket. 1. In Search Of Patriotism -- 2. New Beginnings In Illinois -- 3. Life At The Margins -- 4. The Last Farms In America -- 5. From Science To Poetry -- 6. Word Roots -- 7. The Beauty Of Saying No -- 8. To Die My Own Death -- 9. Childhood As Addiction -- 10. A Job To Find -- 11. The Stars Of Mexico -- 12. An Economy Of Vision -- 13. Yet Another War. Lee Hoinacki. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.