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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (391 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801458583
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: On the Irish WaterfrontDDC classification:
  • 331.7/61387164097471
LOC classification:
  • HD8039
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: Pete Barry's Punch -- Introduction: The Port's Irish Places -- Part I. Boys of the Irish Waterfront -- 1. Chelsea's King Joe -- 2. The Boss -- 3. Becoming Mr. Big -- 4. The Longshoreman's Grandson -- Part II. The Soul of the Port -- 5. A Labor Priest in the Catholic Metropolis -- 6. The Crusader -- 7. Covering the Waterfront -- 8. The Hollywood Prince -- 9. Meeting across the River -- 10. Priest and Worker -- 11. An Intimacy with Violence -- Part III. Waterfront Apotheosis -- 12. A Season for Testimony -- 13. "The Hook" -- 14. Good Citizens -- 15. Saving the Picture -- 16. The Mile Square City's Moment -- 17. The Priest in the Movie -- 18. "The Corruption Goes Deep" -- 19. The Poetry of Success -- Epilogue: Souls of the (Port) Apostolate -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: The real story of gangsters, politicians, longshoremen, union leaders, and Catholic priests that informed the classic 1954 film, On the Waterfront.
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Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: Pete Barry's Punch -- Introduction: The Port's Irish Places -- Part I. Boys of the Irish Waterfront -- 1. Chelsea's King Joe -- 2. The Boss -- 3. Becoming Mr. Big -- 4. The Longshoreman's Grandson -- Part II. The Soul of the Port -- 5. A Labor Priest in the Catholic Metropolis -- 6. The Crusader -- 7. Covering the Waterfront -- 8. The Hollywood Prince -- 9. Meeting across the River -- 10. Priest and Worker -- 11. An Intimacy with Violence -- Part III. Waterfront Apotheosis -- 12. A Season for Testimony -- 13. "The Hook" -- 14. Good Citizens -- 15. Saving the Picture -- 16. The Mile Square City's Moment -- 17. The Priest in the Movie -- 18. "The Corruption Goes Deep" -- 19. The Poetry of Success -- Epilogue: Souls of the (Port) Apostolate -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

The real story of gangsters, politicians, longshoremen, union leaders, and Catholic priests that informed the classic 1954 film, On the Waterfront.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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