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Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America’s Culture of Death by Mark S. Schantz
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Overview: Americans came to fight the Civil War in the midst of a wider cultural world that sent them messages about death that made it easier to kill and to be killed. They understood that death awaited all who were born and prized the ability to face death with a spirit of calm resignation. They believed that a heavenly eternity of transcendent beauty awaited them beyond the grave. They knew that their heroic achievements would be cherished forever by posterity. They grasped that death itself might be seen as artistically fascinating and even beautiful.Ӊۥfrom Awaiting the Heavenly Country.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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