Bibliograph

Mercy Row:, a Philadelphia Story, Harry Hallman

Type

Label

Mercy Row:, a Philadelphia Story, Harry Hallman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Mercy Row:

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Harry Hallman

Sub title

a Philadelphia Story

Summary

Mercy Row is a novel set in 1920s and '30s Philadelphia. It is the story of the rise of a North Philadelphia crime family that was also responsible for building the homes and factories that make up this blue-collar area of the city. Despite the violent trials and tribulations caused by rival gangs from South Philadelphia and Chicago, Jacob Byrne and Franklin Garrett, with the help of the Irish immigrants who settled the Kensington area, build a formidable Irish mob. This legal and criminal enterprise kept North Philadelphia free from the mafia for two generations. Jacob's and Franklin's organization was built on the blood of those who opposed them, the sweat of the laborers who built North Philly and the tears of the wives and mothers whose loved ones were lost in the struggle

Target audience

adult

Classification