On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York (Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America)
by Fisher, James T
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0801448042
- ISBN 13
- 9780801448041
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About This Item
Cornell University Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fine hardcover shows just a trace of wear including touch of soil at page edges, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows a short corner wrinkle at top of rear flap. 370 pages with black & whites. Still an attractive copy of this work that "..penetrates the code of silencethat characterized the Irish culture of New York's waterfront, bringing to lifethe violent world of longshoremen, crooked unionists, politicians and businessmen, crusading writers, and Catholic clerics fighting over control of the nation's busiest port and what moral code it would live by.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22460
- Title
- On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York (Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America)
- Author
- Fisher, James T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801448042
- ISBN 13
- 9780801448041
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2009
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