Book by Jensen, Vernon H.
Strife on the waterfront; the Port of New York since 1945
โ Scribed by Jensen, Vernon H
- Publisher
- Ithaca [N.Y.] Cornell University Press
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
478p
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<p>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
<p>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
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