Banished Children of Eve : : A Novel of Civil War New York / / Peter Quinn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Quinn, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (624 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Map --; PROLOGUE: MUNSEY'S MAGAZINE June 1904 The Mystery of the Bowery Sphinx --; APRIL 13, 1863 --; APRIL 14, 1863 --; MAY 15, 1863 --; JUNE 1, 1863 --; JULY 11, 1863 --; JULY 13-15, 1863 --; JULY 17, 1863 --; JULY 30, 1863 --; JANUARY 16, 1864 --; EPILOGUE
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780823294107; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754124; 9783110753899; 9783110739091
• DOI: 10.1515/9780823294107?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Peter Quinn.

Named one of the top twenty books every Irish American should read by Irish CentralThe Civil War has just entered its third bloody year, and the North is about to impose its first military draft, a decision that will spark the most devastating and destructive urban riot in American history. Banished Children of Eve traces that event as its tentacles grip New York City. The cast is drawn from every stratum: a likeable and laconic Irish-American hustler, an ambitious and larcenous Yankee stockbroker, an immigrant serving girl, a beautiful and mysterious mulatto actress and her white minstrel lover as well as a cluster of real-life characters, including scheming, ever-pompous General George McClellan; fiery, fierce Archbishop “Dagger John” Hughes; and fast-declining musical genius Stephen Foster. The fates of these characters coalesce in the cataclysm of the Draft Riots, as a pivotal period in the history of New York and the nation is painfully, vividly, magically bought to life.