http://prairieprogressive.com/2009/01/30/book-review-this-republic-of-suffering-by-drew-gilpin-faust/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-review-this-republic-of-suffering-by-drew-gilpin-faust a blog about books, reading and other things that bring nuance to life Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:56:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://prairieprogressive.com/2009/01/30/book-review-this-republic-of-suffering-by-drew-gilpin-faust/comment-page-1/#comment-7556 Wendy Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:28:21 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/?p=2954#comment-7556 Tim, I meant to respond to this review when you first posted it at Notable Books...I just wanted to say this was a FANTASTIC review...very, very interesting. Thanks for such a thorough and interesting post! Tim, I meant to respond to this review when you first posted it at Notable Books…I just wanted to say this was a FANTASTIC review…very, very interesting. Thanks for such a thorough and interesting post!

]]> http://prairieprogressive.com/2009/01/30/book-review-this-republic-of-suffering-by-drew-gilpin-faust/comment-page-1/#comment-7527 David Newquist Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:15:16 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/?p=2954#comment-7527 As a Lincoln-phobe and Civil War re-enactor, I have heard it said over and over that if one does not understand the full implications of the Civil War, one does not understand America. I am in the middle of this book, and find it extremely important as background in shaping America up to this day. Death visited every family not only in war but in the dail struggles (my mother was one of sixteen childre, only eight of whom survived beyond the age of 5). In reading this book, I keep going back to the journalism of Walt Whitman about the war and Pres. Lincoln and the poetry that resulted. The suffering was always before him, too. As a Lincoln-phobe and Civil War re-enactor, I have heard it said over and over that if one does not understand the full implications of the Civil War, one does not understand America. I am in the middle of this book, and find it extremely important as background in shaping America up to this day. Death visited every family not only in war but in the dail struggles (my mother was one of sixteen childre, only eight of whom survived beyond the age of 5). In reading this book, I keep going back to the journalism of Walt Whitman about the war and Pres. Lincoln and the poetry that resulted. The suffering was always before him, too.

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