Boss Croker

In 1846 the Crokers, a Presbyterian landlord family, flee famine-stricken West Cork aboard the Henry Clay, survive shipwreck and land in New York. There they are confronted with the grim realities of the teeming city – poverty, prostitution, and street gangs. In this world their youngest son, Richard Eyre ‘Boss’ Croker (1841-1922) thrives. Through sheer ambition, the barely literate Croker – engineer, prize-fighter, fixer, union organizer -battles his way from the backstreets to seize contr...