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Book Title: This Republic of Suffering : Death and the American Civil War
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length: 9.5 in
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2008
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 1800s
Item Height: 1.4 in
Author: Drew Gilpin Faust
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat, Family & Relationships, Social Science
Topic: Army, Civil War, Combat, Medical Nursing, Medical Services, Military History, Religious History, Social History, True Military Stories, Death & Dying, Death, Grief, Bereavement, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military / United States
Subjects: History & Military
Item Weight: 25 oz
Item Width: 6.7 in
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
