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Paradise Alley

By Kevin Baker

They came by boat from a starving land—and by the Underground Railroad from Southern chains—seeking refuge in a crowded, filthy corner of hell at the bottom of a great metropolis. But in the terrible July of 1863, the poor and desperate of Paradise Alley would face a new catastrophe—as flames from the war that was tearing America in two reached out to set their city on fire.

ISBN: 9780060875954; ISBN10: 006087595X; Imprint: Harper Perennial ; On Sale: 18/02/2008; Format: Trade paperback; Trimsize: 5 5/16 x 8; Pages: 704; $30.95;

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