An Original Belle: A Novel of the Draft Riots
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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New York, 1863: a girl who takes nothing on faith, three men in love with her, and the Draft Riots — five days in which the city tore itself apart and the mob hunted black New Yorkers through the streets. Roe was a Presbyterian minister and an army chaplain in the Civil War who turned novelist after the Chicago fire; he outsold every American novelist of his decade, and the riot chapters here are eyewitness history. Fifty-four paintings by Eastman Johnson, Albert Bierstadt and others, spanning 1830 to 1910, carry the wartime and camp scenes that give this novel of the Draft Riots its visual ground.
New York, 1863: a girl who takes nothing on faith, three men in love with her, and the Draft Riots — five days in which the city tore itself apart and the mob hunted black New Yorkers through the streets. Roe was a Presbyterian minister and an army chaplain in the Civil War who turned novelist af...
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Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888) was an American novelist and Presbyterian minister. After serving as a chaplain in the Civil War, he was pastor of a church in Highland Falls, New York, and later devoted himself to writing and horticulture in Cornwall-on-Hudson. His novels include Barriers Burned Away, Opening a Chestnut Burr, and He Fell in Love with His Wife.
Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888) was an American novelist and Presbyterian minister. After serving as a chaplain in the Civil War, he was pastor of a church in Highland Falls, New York, and later devoted himself to writing and horticulture in Cornwall-on-Hudson. His novels include Barriers Burned Aw...
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