Web Extra: Extended Interview with Drew Gilpin Faust
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The Civil War killed more soldiers than all other wars from the Revolution to Korea combined. In her 2008 book, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, Drew Gilpin Faust writes about the impacts of these unprecedented levels of death on 19th century Americans. A shorter version of this interview, conducted by BackStory co-host Ed Ayers, is included in our “Grave Subjects” episode.
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Grave Matters: A History of Death and Mourning | BackStory With The American History Guys :
[...] 19th Century Guy Ed Ayers speaks with Drew Gilpin Faust about how the Civil War altered Americans’ attitudes about death. Listen here. [...]
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