Barnet Schecter, The Devil's Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 6:30 PM
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Members' Room
Nine days after the battle of Gettysburg, the largest riots in American history almost destroyed New York City and violently polarized its diversity of classes and races. The Devil's Own Work elegantly uses contemporary narratives to lay out the causes, the personalities, and the dramatic unfolding of the infamous Draft Riots.