Bibliograph

Discipline, Dash Shaw

Type

Label

Discipline, Dash Shaw

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-303)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Discipline

Nature of contents

bibliographycomics graphic novels

Oclc number

11229026831

Responsibility statement

Dash Shaw

Series statement

New York Review comics

Summary

"During the Civil War, many Quakers were caught between their fervent support of abolition, a desire to preserve the Union, and their long-standing commitment to pacifism. When Charles Cox, a young Indiana Quaker, slips out early one morning to enlist in the Union Army, he scandalizes his family and his community. Leaving behind the strict ways of Quaker life, Cox is soon confronted with the savagery of battle, the cruelty of the enemy (as well as his fellow soldiers), and the overwhelming strangeness of the world beyond his home. He clings to his faith and family through letters with his sister, Fanny, who faces her own trials at home: betrayal, death, and a church that seems ready to fracture under the stress of the war. Discipline is told largely through the letters exchanged between the Cox siblings--incorporating material from actual Quaker and soldier journals of the era--and drawn in a style that combines modern graphic storytelling with the Civil War-era battlefield illustration of the likes of Thomas Nast and Winslow Homer."--, Provided by publisher

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