Download or read book Neue Essays über Kunst und Literatur written by Herman Friedrich Grimm and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.