So Much Older Then.: Coming of Age When the World Is Apart.

This memoir relays the experiences of Paul Kuehnert, a Midwestern teenager in the late 1960's who tried to follow his conscience at the height of the Vietnam War. After a little more than a year of increasing involvement in the burgeoning mass movement against the war, he determined that his conscience demanded total non-cooperation with the draft. He took the path of resistance, declaring publicly to his church community that he would not register for the draft when he turned 18. And now, some 50 years later—living once again through times of great division, moral outrage, and protest actions taken by thousands of ordinary Americans—his memoir challenges us to reflect on the impact of bold, personal actions and our willingness to take personal risks to a secure a better future.