Dear Inmate

Their silent disgust failed to affect me anymore. But this was not silent. This was loud and forceful and violent. I could not ignore it.

Massachusetts, 1854. The anti-foreigner American Party, better known as the "Know-Nothings," take power throughout the state. The city of Lowell elects Leonard Ward, a member of the party, as its mayor. Suddenly the "Know-Nothings" are everywhere. And they're going after the Irish.

Rosaleen is ready to fight back. Emboldened by strange conspiracies about t...