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Author:
Appel, Benjamin, 1907-1977 autographer. autographer.
Title:
The raw edge / by Benjamin Appel.
Publisher:
Western Printing & Lithography Company,
Copyright Date:
1959
Description:
384 pages ; 17 cm.
Subject:
Stevedores--Labor unions--Fiction.
Waterfronts--Fiction.
Organized crime--Fiction.
Popular literature.
Pulp literature, American--Specimens.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Other Authors:
Kuhn, Warren B., donor. IWA
Notes:
Iowa State University copy: Autographed by author. Iowa State University copy: Manuscript: [undeciphered word] 1959, to Warren Kuhn, thanks for the so. [undeciphered word] “edge,” Ben Appel.
Summary:
"Here is a slashing saga of the New York waterfront, and of all the men--from dock-wallopers--to steamship company presidents--who are part of the ruthless power struggle which goes on daily in the jungle that is the waterfront. Particularly it the story of young Andy Pironi, who, committed to avenge the murder of his father, tries to fight the corruption from the inside--only to be corrupted himself, by the dames and the gains that are the spoils of the waterfront racketeer. It is a story that is anything but pretty, but it has the unmistakable ring of truth"--back cover.
Series:
Dell Books 50 cent series ; F81
OCLC:
(OCoLC)123237689
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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