Paradise Alley - P.S. Author: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 Ameri... more »ca in two reached out to set their city on fire.« less