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Boss Croker
Padraic O´farrell
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Description for Boss Croker
Paperback. This novel is based upon the facts known about the life of Richard "Boss" Crocker (1841-1922). It is the story of one of Irish-America's most colourful representatives, involving shipwreck, locomotive building, prize fighting, racketeering, political coruption and the American Civil War. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
In 1846 the Crokers, a Presbyterian landlord family, flee famine-stricken West Cork aboard the Henry Clay, survive shipwreck and land in New York. There they are confronted with the grim realities of the teeming city – poverty, prostitution, and street gangs. In this world their youngest son, Richard Eyre ‘Boss’ Croker (1841-1922) thrives. Through sheer ambition, the barely literate Croker – engineer, prize-fighter, fixer, union organizer -battles his way from the backstreets to seize control of Tammany Hall, the very seat of power in New York. Charming but corrupt, Croker manipulates all who fall within his sphere, becoming one of ... Read more
In 1846 the Crokers, a Presbyterian landlord family, flee famine-stricken West Cork aboard the Henry Clay, survive shipwreck and land in New York. There they are confronted with the grim realities of the teeming city – poverty, prostitution, and street gangs. In this world their youngest son, Richard Eyre ‘Boss’ Croker (1841-1922) thrives. Through sheer ambition, the barely literate Croker – engineer, prize-fighter, fixer, union organizer -battles his way from the backstreets to seize control of Tammany Hall, the very seat of power in New York. Charming but corrupt, Croker manipulates all who fall within his sphere, becoming one of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sitric Books
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781903305102
SKU
V9781903305102
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Reviews for Boss Croker
“I read it in one mid-night sitting. It has the button-holing compulsion of a man met in a dark alley. I can’t wait to see the film.” —Hugh Leonard