On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York by James T. Fisher

On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York



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On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York James T. Fisher
Page: 392
ISBN: 9780801448041
Publisher: Cornell University Press

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 account of the classic film's backstory. Fisher introduces readers to the real "Father Pete Barry" featured in On the Waterfront, John M. "Pete" Corridan, a crusading priest committed to winning union ... MORE EBOOKS:
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