The Peekskill Riots in Fiction
- The Peekskill riots appear in E.L. Doctorow's novel The Book of Daniel. Paul Isaacson leaves the bus to reason with the mob, and is beaten up by them.
- The riots figure prominently in T.C. Boyle's World's End. The protagonist's adoptive parents serve as local, assistant organizers of the concert (alias of "Peterskill" riots within the book).
Also in George Mandel's excellent: "Flee the Angry Strangers" published in 1952. There is brief mention of this as current events in the novel.
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