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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Audio) - Drew Gilpin Faust, Lorna Raver
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Audio)
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Format: audiobook
ISBN: 9781433233432 (1433233436)
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Minutes: 7
Edition language: English
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
4.5 Part of Civil War Summer Reading
While the sub-title of the book indicates the focus on the Civil War, much of what Faust illustates can be applied to how cheaply we seem to hold life these days. And no, I'm not talking soley about inner city violence, but mass shootings, terrorist attacks. You name it. Because, the book is about h...
List Lover
List Lover rated it
I thought the content was fascinating, but I could not pay attention to the audiobook for more than minutes at a time. The style of writing struck me as academic or sanitary or without personal connection from the author. At the end, I thought Faust needed to apply what the subject matter explored. ...
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it
5.0
A fascinating and obviously grim chronicle of how both the Union and Confederacy coped with the unprecedented vast carnage on the battlefields. A vividly detailed, richly layered, exceptionally well-written work of history.
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it
5.0
A fascinating and obviously grim chronicle of how both the Union and Confederacy coped with the unprecedented vast carnage on the battlefields. A vividly detailed, richly layered, exceptionally well-written work of history.
SJane
SJane rated it
This is the first book of academic non-fiction I’ve read in a long time. The author writes well and, since we’re all preoccupied with death, the topic is fascinating. Still, as much as I enjoyed it, I did find the book haunted by creeping academia, ie one has to be redundant to prove one’s thesis, a...
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