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Dock Boss : Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront
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Overview
At a time when New York City's booming waterfront industry was ruled by lawless criminals, one gangster towered above the rest and secretly controlled the docks for over thirty years. Dock Boss: The Story of Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront explores the rise of Eddie McGrath from a Depression Era thug to the preeminent racketeer on Manhattan's lucrative waterfront.
McGrath's life takes readers on a journey through the tail-end of Prohibition, the sordid years of violent gang rule on the bustling waterfront, and finally the decline of the dock mobsters following a period of longshoremen rebellion in the 1950s.
This is the real-life story of the bloodshed that long haunted the ports of New York City.
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- ISBN-13: 9781569808139
- ISBN-10: 1569808139
- Publisher: Barricade Books
- Publish Date: July 2017
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
- Page Count: 309
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