This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, Drew Gilpin Faust, Knopf Publishing, 368 pages, $27.95
Very rarely does a book on the American Civil War receive such thorough attention by interviewers, reviewers, and bloggers as This Republic of Suffering. I expect a nomination for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. The book resonates with the current temper of the times and the climate of opinion; it also opens a view into the historic hearts and minds. This week's New Yorker magazine published today an extended review essay; I expect The New York Review of Books to offer an extensive review. As the links become available, CWL will add them to this page.
Interview with the author:
NPR's Fresh Air:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17957712
BookTV: To Be Shown February 2, 2008
http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=9041&SectionName=History&PlayMedia=No
C-Span:
www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=203525-1
Reviews:
Slate.com:
http://www.slate.com/id/2180856/fr/rss/
New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/books/review/Ward-t.html
International Herald Tribune:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/24/arts/idbriefs26A.
Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/la-bk-wiener6jan06,1,6144668.story
Excerpts:
The Preface: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/excerpts/2008-01-21-This-Republic-of-Suffering_N.htm
The First Chapter:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/books/chapters/1st-chapter-this-republic-of-suffering.html
Webblog:
Civil War Memory--Kevin Levin
http://civilwarmemory.typepad.com/civil_war_memory/2008/01/is-this-republi.html
