TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fisher,James T.
TI  - On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York
T2  - Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America Series
SN  - 9780801458583
AV  - HD8039 
U1  - 331.7/61387164097471 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Catholic Church -- Missions -- Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
KW  - On the waterfront (Motion picture)
KW  - Stevedores -- Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
KW  - Irish Americans -- Employment -- Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
KW  - Port districts -- Corrupt practices -- Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
KW  - Church work with the working class -- Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - The real story of gangsters, politicians, longshoremen, union leaders, and Catholic priests that informed the classic 1954 film, On the Waterfront
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138063
ER  -