| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780060875954 | | Publisher: Perennial | | Publish Date: 1/1/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 31244833 | | Item#: R49Q7G | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8H x 5.25L x 1.25T | | Pages: 704 |
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| | | Now in paperback comes the story of the intersection of the Irish and African-American experiences in the crucible of 19th-century New York--a story of race and hatred, love and war, of risk and dauntless courage.
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Paradise Alley is a slum in New York City, and in 1863 it is the site of the riots that occurred when working-class men who were too poor to avoid military service through bribes were drafted into the army. The story is told from the viewpoint of a New York Tribune reporter, and supplemented by the tales of a large cast of characters, including Ruth Dove, a survivor of the Irish Potato Famine, her black husband Billy, and the evil Johnny Dolan, a murderous ex-con who is stalking Ruth. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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"An authoritative blend of documentary realism and driving narrative that's just about irresistible." 08/15/2002New York Times Book Review
"Baker's story is so rich in color and drama that here and there some readers may find their credulity strained. But a random check of several of the sources he obligingly provides shows that while he has often changed names and altered locations to suit the story, many of those scenes that seem least plausible turn out to be the most faithful to the recorded facts....As a convincing portrayal of how things were in our city that terrible summer and as a compelling fictional vision of how things might have been, as well, PARADISE ALLEY is twice a triumph." - Geoffrey C. Ward 10/06/2002 |
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