On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York
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Site of the world's busiest and most lucrative harbor throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the Port of New York was also the historic preserve of Irish American gangsters, politicians, longshoremen's union leaders, and powerful Roman Catholic pastors. This is the demimonde depicted to stunning effect in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954) and into which James T. Fisher takes readers in this remarkable and engaging historical...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801476844
ISBN13:9780801476846
Release Date:September 2010
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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