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Kevin Baker
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Paradise Alley (P.S.) |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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704 |
| Date: |
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2006-01-01 |
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006087595X |
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Harper Perennial |
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1.1 pounds |
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4.8 x 8.0 x 1.4 inches |
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2 Leah (USA: NY), LTCKinney (USA: NY) |
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2 fever103 (USA: GA), Wil (USA: VA) |
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| Description: |
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Paradise Alley, Kevin Baker's follow-up to Dreamland, makes full use of his skills as a top historical researcher. Paradise Alley concerns a tumultuous moment in the record of the Civil War: the 1863 New York riots that followed President Lincoln's decision to create a draft. Baker refers to the street violence as one of the worst instances of civic unrest in American history. Yet one can't tell a compelling story with simple pronouncements. Baker gives us a handful of characters--fictional, yet emblematic--who lead readers through the dense weave of class, race, ambition, gender politics, and violence in mid-19th-century America. More importantly, Baker has that rare gift of establishing crucial links between the past and the present, of helping a reader understand that we live with the consequences of history. A hugely ambitious project, Baker wrestles with his responsibility to the overall vision as well as to many, many outstanding moments, and for the most part he gets the balance right. --Tom Keogh |
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