Dorothy Day was a writer. She wrote books about the Catholic faith and it's application. This is a book edited and an Introduction by Robert Ellsberg.

Robert Ellsberg is the son of Carol Cummings, the daughter of a Marine Corps Brigadier General, and the American military analyst and whistleblower, Daniel Ellsberg. In 1975, at age 19, Robert dropped out of college, intending to spend a few months with the Catholic Worker Movement.