Set in Brooklyn New York during and immediately after the Civil War, this novel explores the tension between the Irish and free blacks through the story of a young boy who witnesses his mother's murder during the Draft Riots.
Emotionally scarred and determined to find and kill those who killed his murder, he lashes out at everyone he meets. But he is taken in and nurtured through it by a loving family, and goes on to work on the Brooklyn Bridge during its construction.
248 pages
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