This book was recommended on the blog (Thanks Sarah J!) and it intrigued me. Although it was a lengthy read, it never bogged down or got the least bit boring. It was a wonderful atmospheric piece detailing Boston and the US in general during and immediately after World War I. It features labor unrest, fledgling unions, returning soldiers sparking the Influenza Epidemic, a very courageous, morally upright Boston police officer, a Black American caught in the evil web of prejudice, discrimination, and injustice, and the mighty Babe Ruth. At the story's end, I concurred with Sarah J. I wanted more information and the continuation of the stories of Luther Lawrence and Danny Coughlin.
"Craftsmanship was just a fancy word for what happened when labor met love."
In 1918, a Boston police officer was paid 29 cents an hour for a 73 hour week.
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