James T. Fisher is Professor of Theology and American Studies, Fordham University. He is author of Communion of Immigrants: A History of Catholics in America, Dr. America: The Lives of Thomas A. Dooley, 1927¿1961, and The Catholic Counterculture in America, 1933-1962. Visit James T. Fisher's blog at: irishwaterfront.wordpress.com.

Prologue: Pete Barry's Punch
Introduction: The Port's Irish PlacesPart I. Boys of the Irish Waterfront
1. Chelsea's King Joe
2. The Boss
3. Becoming Mr. Big
4. The Longshoreman's GrandsonPart II. The Soul of the Port
5. A Labor Priest in the Catholic Metropolis
6. The Crusader
7. Covering the Waterfront
8. The Hollywood Prince
9. Meeting across the River
10. Priest and Worker
11. An Intimacy with ViolencePart III. Waterfront Apotheosis
12. A Season for Testimony
13. "The Hook"
14. Good Citizens
15. Saving the Picture
16. The Mile Square City's Moment
17. The Priest in the Movie
18. "The Corruption Goes Deep"
19. The Poetry of SuccessEpilogue: Souls of the (Port) Apostolate
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

James T. Fisher is Professor of Theology and American Studies, Fordham University. He is author of Communion of Immigrants: A History of Catholics in America, Dr. America: The Lives of Thomas A. Dooley, 1927-1961, and The Catholic Counterculture in America, 1933-1962. Visit James T. Fisher's blog at: irishwaterfront.wordpress.com.