New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, (1988). First edition - First book publication of this novel originally written in 1948 - set just after World War II, this is "a startling immense and detailed tableau of longshoremen, communist labor organizers, gangsters, thugs, brilliant yet cynical bosses, and the many ordinary people unwillingly drawn into the battle and forced to choose a side." Foreword by Joe Doyle. xiii, 244 pp. ISBN: 0-938410636.