Dear Ed,
I enjoyed researching your question. Below please find a list of
novels and other resources about the New York City Draft Riots:
Novels:
Banished Children of Eve, A Novel of Civil War New York
Author: Peter Quinn
1995, Penguin (USA)
ISBN: 0140230033
Paradise Alley
Author: Kevin Baker
2002, HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060195827
Ain’t Goin’ to Glory
Author: David Delman
1991, St. Martin’s Press
ASIN: 0312062729
Out of Print but available at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312062729/qid=1039635673/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/002-1750454-1436842?v=glance&s=books
Gangs of New York
(Draft Riots are not main theme but are part of the storyline)
Author: Herbert Asbury
2001, Thunder's Mouth Press
ISBN: 1560252758
This novel has recently been made into a movie starring Leonardo
DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz
http://alliance.zap2it.com/custom/metromix/main_template/0,1846,4-28248,00.html
On Secret Service
(An historical novel of the civil war that has one chapter on the
draft riots)
Author: John Jakes
2001
ISBN: 1568959052
For young readers (12 and older)
Behind the Lines
Author: Isabelle Holland
Scholastic
ISBN 0-590-45114-6
Available at:
http://www.bookguy.com/Books/YR024.htm
Northern Gothic
(Riots are not main theme, but part of subtext)
Nick Mamatas
2001, Soft Skull Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1887128743
Other Resources:
History's Mysteries
The Civil War Draft Riots
A&E video (VHS only)
Available at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767016092/qid%3D1039640318/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-1750454-1436842
Ken Burns PBS Video series: Episode 5 recounts the riots
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/episode5.html
The series can be purchased at:
http://www.shop.pbs.org/cust/cdeploy?ecpid=8840&ecpiid=8580&eccookie=T0KXhb1Wg6npRce9q9KNZPbGY3RzhfTzWKZFj%2BXUsQf5LbImF%2FMd3DooWvTX1MfTxIFeeUhn2iUq3mm7%2FcPpZ9YCTIoukLFFMXpxkdaAgD32Kza6M%2B%2Bd12rDjuupAYJ%2Fg%2BHlh3j%2FEoKNQIyTpWLbAgxp2eIbmUAfMiJo7AIOWWvso3kyHACbumo7rd%2F7BFffX%2FptHHCqNMrVFvms5JT1ljtEcmZcT19c&template=shoppbs/products/ecproditemview.en.html
Video In Search of History: The Civil War Draft Riots
http://store.aetv.com/html/catalog/vp01.jhtml?id=42315&AID=520571&PID=613722
Sketches from the Draft Riots
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhsarcd.html
A Special exhibit on the Virtual New York website
http://www.vny.cuny.edu/riots.html
Database of Civil War era Harper’s Weekly Magazines, Includes news of
the Draft Riots:
http://www.harpweek.com/04Products/products-civilwar.htm
Official records of military personnel involved in the riots
http://www.civilwarhome.com/draftriots.htm
Non Fiction Book getting very good reviews:
The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for American Society
and Politics in the Age of the Civil War
Author: Iver Bernstein
1997, Oxford
ISBN: 0195071301
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195071301/ref%3Dase%5Fallianceforli-20/002-1750454-1436842
Educational Resources:
http://www.nyhistory.org/draftriots.html
I hope this is helpful. If you require more assistance please request
a clarification and allow me to respond before rating this answer.
Thank you,
Gitana |
