Author: Neil G. Clark
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781569808139
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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 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.
Dock Boss
Author: Neil G. Clark
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781569808139
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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 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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781569808139
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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 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.
The Docks
Author: Bill Sharpsteen
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520947096
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Docks is an eye-opening journey into a giant madhouse of activity that few outsiders ever see: the Port of Los Angeles. In a book woven throughout with riveting novelist detail and illustrated with photographs that capture the frenetic energy of the place, Bill Sharpsteen tells the story of the people who have made this port, the largest in the country, one of the nation’s most vital economic enterprises. Among others, we meet a pilot who parks ships, one of the first women longshoremen, union officials and employers at odds over almost everything, an environmental activist fighting air pollution in the "diesel death zone," and those with the nearly impossible job of enforcing security. Together these stories paint a compelling picture of a critical entryway for goods coming into the country—the Port of Los Angeles is part of a complex that brings in 40% of all our waterborne cargo and 70% of all Asian imports—yet one that is also extremely vulnerable. The Docks is a rare look at a world within our world in which we find a microcosm of the labor, environmental, and security issues we collectively face.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520947096
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Docks is an eye-opening journey into a giant madhouse of activity that few outsiders ever see: the Port of Los Angeles. In a book woven throughout with riveting novelist detail and illustrated with photographs that capture the frenetic energy of the place, Bill Sharpsteen tells the story of the people who have made this port, the largest in the country, one of the nation’s most vital economic enterprises. Among others, we meet a pilot who parks ships, one of the first women longshoremen, union officials and employers at odds over almost everything, an environmental activist fighting air pollution in the "diesel death zone," and those with the nearly impossible job of enforcing security. Together these stories paint a compelling picture of a critical entryway for goods coming into the country—the Port of Los Angeles is part of a complex that brings in 40% of all our waterborne cargo and 70% of all Asian imports—yet one that is also extremely vulnerable. The Docks is a rare look at a world within our world in which we find a microcosm of the labor, environmental, and security issues we collectively face.
United States Seaports
Author: United States. Maritime Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Records & Briefs New York State Appellate Division
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
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Quarterly Bulletin
Author: Illinois Coal Operators Association
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Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Bulletin
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Dry Preparation of Bituminous Coal at Illinois Mines
Author: Elmer Allen Holbrook
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Engineering Experiment Station
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Author:
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Category : Occupations
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
Book Description
Supplement to 3d ed. called Selected characteristics of occupations (physical demands, working conditions, training time) issued by Bureau of Employment Security.
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Category : Occupations
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
Book Description
Supplement to 3d ed. called Selected characteristics of occupations (physical demands, working conditions, training time) issued by Bureau of Employment Security.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description