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Banished Children of Eve: A Novel of Civil War New York
Banished Children of Eve A Novel of Civil War New York Author:Peter Quinn The Civil war has just entered its third bloody year, and the North is about to impose it's first military draft, a decision that in New York City will spark the most devastating and destructive riot in American history. Peter Quinn relates the events of this tumultuous time through the lives of people drawn from every part of the city's... more » teeming streets: an opportunistic but likable Irish-American hustler, a scheming Yankee stockbroker, an immigrant serving girl, a beautiful mulatto actress, her white minstrel lover, and a cluster of contemporary figures from Secretary of War Stanton to Stephen Foster. The fates of these characters coalesce in the cataclysm of the Draft Riots, as Quinn brings magically to life a pivotal period in this country's history.« less