Dock Boss: Eddie Mcgrath And The West Side Waterfront

At a time when the Port of New York was ruled by lawless criminals, one hoodlum towered above the rest and secretly controlled the piers for over thirty years.

Dock Boss: The Story of Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront is the fascinating account of one gangster's ascension from altar boy to the leader of New York City's violent Irish Mob.

Eddie McGrath's life and crimes are traced through the tail-end of Prohibition, the gang warfare of the 1930s that propelled him into the position of an organized crime boss, the sordid years of underworld control over the bustling waterfront, McGrath's involvement in dozens of gangland murders, and finally the decline of the dock mobsters following a period of longshoremen rebellion in the 1950s.

Like walking into the backroom of a smoky West Side tavern, the book also features all the other unsavory characters who operated on the waterfront, including McGrath's brother-in-law, John "Cockeye" Dunn; the gang's hitman of choice, Andrew "Squint" Sheridan; racketeers such as Mickey Bowers, Timothy O'Mara, Charlie Yanowsky, Joe Butler and Albert Ackalitis; as well as a plethora of corrupt union officials, robbers, enforcers, shakedown artists, loan sharks, boss loaders, and bookies.

This is the real-life story of the preeminent racketeer on Manhattan's lucrative waterfront and the bloodshed that long haunted the ports of New York City.

Intr-o perioada in care Portul din New York era condus de criminali fara lege, un capotat se inalta deasupra celorlalti si a controlat in secret pilonii timp de peste treizeci de ani. Dock Boss: The Story of Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront este povestea fascinanta a ascensiunii unui gangster de la baiat de altar la liderul violentei mafiote irlandeze din New York. Viata si crimele lui Eddie McGrath sunt urmarite pana la capatul Prohibitiei, razboiul bandelor din anii 1930 care l-a propulsat in pozitia de sef al crimei organizate, anii sordizi de control al lumii interlope asupra malului plin de viata, implicarea lui McGrath in zeci de crime de banda si, in cele din urma, declinul mafiotilor de pe docuri dupa o perioada de corabieri rebeliune in anii 1950.