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Discipline | Dash Shaw
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"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"--
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With minimal text and simplistic art, Dash Shaw tells the tale of a young Quaker man who enlists in the Army during the Civil War. The story follows his time at war, as well as his family back home, and how they all struggle with their own interpretations of their faith in relation to the inherent violence of the conflict.

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