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Sto caricando le informazioni... Banished Children of Eve, A Novel of Civil War New York (1994)di Peter Quinn
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Written with an impressive understanding of the culture and history, this novel charts the tensions between New York's Irish, Protestant and Black communities in the run up to the Draft Riots in the city during the US Civil War, when conscripts for the Union Army were first selected by lot. But it fails to grip as a novel; ultimately, it reads as more of a series of character descriptions than a story. ( ) A compelling and carefully researched novel set in the turbulent days leading up to the American Civil War. Quinn captures the oppression caused by poverty, crime, anti-immigrant and racist attitudes which erupted into chaos in the city of New York. You think New York City is a tough place now? If you have an interest in the subject, this book does a better job of depicting this time and place than did Martin Scorcese's Gangs of New York. (Sorry Marty). nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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In the third bloody year of Civil War, the North imposes a military draft that sparks the most destructive riot in American history. Peter Quinn's characters are drawn from across New York City's classes and races. Their fates coalesce in the cataclysm of the Draft Riots. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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