Dock Boss: Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront

By Neil G. Clark

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569808139
• ISBN13: 9781569808139
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Barricade Books
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"