The Resource Paradise Alley : a novel, Kevin Baker
Paradise Alley : a novel, Kevin Baker
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- Summary
- "Down in the waterfront slum of Paradise Alley, three women - Deirdre Dolan O'Kane, Ruth Dove, and Maddy Boyle - struggle with their private fears as they wait for the storm to descend on them. Deirdre, whose lace-curtain sensibilities have always kept her at arm's length from her neighbors, is devastated by the discovery that her husband, Tom, has been wounded at Gettysburg. In her desperation, Deirdre must turn for aid and comfort to Ruth, a woman she has always judged as morally depraved." "Ruth, too, has been cut off from her husband, Billy Dove, an ex-slave. At dawn he set out for the Colored Orphans' Asylum uptown, to collect his last wages. But he has not returned by day's end, or by the next morning. In the meantime, Ruth has learned that dozens of black men and women have been lynched or beaten by rioters."
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Harper Perennial edition.
- Extent
- 676, 18 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060875954
- Label
- Paradise Alley : a novel
- Title
- Paradise Alley
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Kevin Baker
- Subject
-
- trueStreet life
- trueSlavery
- trueWomen
- trueClassism
- Domestic fiction
- trueDraft
- Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueImmigrants, Irish
- Irish American women -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
- trueNew York City -- History -- 19th century
- truePoverty
- trueRacism
- trueRiots
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Down in the waterfront slum of Paradise Alley, three women - Deirdre Dolan O'Kane, Ruth Dove, and Maddy Boyle - struggle with their private fears as they wait for the storm to descend on them. Deirdre, whose lace-curtain sensibilities have always kept her at arm's length from her neighbors, is devastated by the discovery that her husband, Tom, has been wounded at Gettysburg. In her desperation, Deirdre must turn for aid and comfort to Ruth, a woman she has always judged as morally depraved." "Ruth, too, has been cut off from her husband, Billy Dove, an ex-slave. At dawn he set out for the Colored Orphans' Asylum uptown, to collect his last wages. But he has not returned by day's end, or by the next morning. In the meantime, Ruth has learned that dozens of black men and women have been lynched or beaten by rioters."
- Award
-
- James Fenimore Cooper Prize, 2003
- New York Times Notable Book, 2002
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 069349
- Cataloging source
- CLE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Baker, Kevin
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3552.A43143
- LC item number
- P37 2006
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- City of fire trilogy
- Series volume
- 0002
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- New York (N.Y.)
- Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
- Irish American women
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Paradise Alley : a novel, Kevin Baker
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Harper Perennial edition.
- Extent
- 676, 18 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060875954
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- 65635289
- (OCoLC)65635289
- Label
- Paradise Alley : a novel, Kevin Baker
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Harper Perennial edition.
- Extent
- 676, 18 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060875954
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- 65635289
- (OCoLC)65635289
Subject
- trueStreet life
- trueSlavery
- trueWomen
- trueClassism
- Domestic fiction
- trueDraft
- Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueImmigrants, Irish
- Irish American women -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
- trueNew York City -- History -- 19th century
- truePoverty
- trueRacism
- trueRiots
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueSociety of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction (formerly the James Fenimore Cooper Prize)
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2002
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Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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