tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post6615528443277109107..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil WarSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-467456965682815372008-08-22T20:52:00.000-05:002008-08-22T20:52:00.000-05:00Nancy, I'm so glad to hear that you and your husba...Nancy, I'm so glad to hear that you and your husband both think so highly of the book. It seems to have received some harsh criticism and I have yet to figure out why that is. I thought that it was a truly remarkable account of the war and it presented the whole experience in a new way for me...put things into a real perspective and gave the true impact of the losses, I think.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-24179759195873624632008-08-22T09:13:00.000-05:002008-08-22T09:13:00.000-05:00I finished Faust's "This Republic of Suffering" tw...I finished Faust's "This Republic of Suffering" two weeks ago and could not stop considering it, particularly in the context of how we struggle to understand the losses in the current Iraq "war," one in which the government has attempted to redefine "the good death" as well as the justification for these actions. <BR/>I passed Drew Gilpin Faust's text along to my husband who is a Civil War buff,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-77752609147792137812008-04-17T17:24:00.000-05:002008-04-17T17:24:00.000-05:00Lisa, I did read that fine book and especially enj...Lisa, I did read that fine book and especially enjoyed it because I read it shortly after having spent the better part of a day touring the Franklin area and visiting the plantation and cemetery that serve as the book's setting.<BR/><BR/>I was tremendously moved by the old house itself. It still has bloodstained floors near the window of one of the upstairs bedrooms that was used as a surgery Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-84663102970913698982008-04-17T17:22:00.000-05:002008-04-17T17:22:00.000-05:00Maggie, it is worth the wait. I really enjoyed th...Maggie, it is worth the wait. I really enjoyed this book, both its content and its style. I had often wondered about some of the things Faust covers here, so this was a great find for me.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-49189032013609367232008-04-17T09:04:00.000-05:002008-04-17T09:04:00.000-05:00Have you read the Widow of the South by Robert Hic...Have you read the Widow of the South by Robert Hicks? This historical fiction immediately came to mind when I was reading your review of Faust's book. It's about a woman who lives near the Battle of Franklin in Tennessee during the Civil War. She unwittingly is thrown into the role of nurse when her home is forcibly overtaken by the Confederate officers as a military hospital. She had all the Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00795619401977840939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-85322378202772323062008-04-16T22:14:00.000-05:002008-04-16T22:14:00.000-05:00This is sitting on my desk, waiting patiently for ...This is sitting on my desk, waiting patiently for me to hurry up with the required reading. Aagh! There are two must reads and two rereads on top of it! :Pmaggie moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462439415973311990noreply@blogger.com