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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 Quaker from Indiana, 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 of 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 illustrations of the likes of Thomas Nast and Winslow Homer.
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Dash Shaw is a cartoonist and animator. His most recent book "Doctors" is about doctors who enter deceased patients' afterlives to revive them from death. The film rights were quickly picked up by 20th Century Fox. His graphic novel "New School" was named one of the Best Books of 2013 by NPR. His other books include "Bodyworld" and "Bottomless Belly Button". His animated works include the Sigur Ros video and Sundance selection "Seraph" (cowritten with John Cameron Mitchell) , and "Wheel of Fortune", and the IFC series "The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century AD." dashshaw.tumblr.com
