| Paradise Alley Contributor(s): Baker, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 006087595X ISBN-13: 9780060875954 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - Historical - American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: City of Fire Trilogy |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 5.68" W x 7.88" (1.20 lbs) 704 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: They came by boat from a starving land--and by the Underground Railroad from Southern chains--seeking refuge in a crowded, filthy corner of hell at the bottom of a great metropolis. But in the terrible July of 1863, the poor and desperate of Paradise Alley would face a new catastrophe--as flames from the war that was tearing America in two reached out to set their city on fire. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baker, Kevin: - Kevin Baker is the bestselling author of the novels Dreamland, Paradise Alley, and Sometimes You See It Coming. He is a columnist for American Heritage magazine and a regular contributor to the New York Times, Harper's, and other periodicals. He lives in New York City with his wife, the writer Ellen Abrams, and their cat, Stella. |