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Rent Paradise Alley
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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: Oct 2003
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $14.95
Pages: 688
Synopsis
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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