Editing Peekskill riots (section)

==The Peekskill riots in fiction==
*The Peekskill riots appear in [[E. L. Doctorow]]'s novel ''[[The Book of Daniel (novel)|The Book of Daniel]]''. Paul Isaacson (a fictionalized version of [[Julius Rosenberg]]) 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 (Boyle novel)|World's End]]''. The protagonist's adoptive parents serve as local, assistant organizers of the concert (alias of "Peterskill" riots within the book).
* In [[George Mandel]]'s ''Flee the Angry Strangers'', published in 1952, there is brief mention of the riots.
* In [[Ring Lardner Jr.]]'s ''The Ecstasy of Owen Muir '' (1954), there is an extensive segment concerning the incidents at Peekskill.