Kevin Baker
Author
Series
City of fire trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"For five terrifying days during the Civil War, the streets of Manhattan were taken over by the Draft Riots. ... follows three Irish women living on a small New York City street, each determined to protect herself and her family from the riots and each shouldering devastating burdens"--P. [4] of cover.
2) Dreamland
Author
Series
City of fire trilogy volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A novel on turn-of-the century New York, portraying its various faces. The cast includes a Jewish seamstress who rebels against her rabbi father to become a union organizer, an Irish-American senator who rules the city with the help of corrupt police, and Freud who gives his views on crass America. By the author of Sometimes You See It Coming.