Seated by the Sea
Connolly, Michael C.![Seated by the Sea](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/108/10843914/CHSBZCOP0310843914.jpg)
Traces the rise of the Irish-American immigrant community in Portland, Maine, through its control of waterfront labor over eight decades before the port's twentieth century decline. The book is a valuable contribution to local labor history that situates its subject within the broader picture of U.S. history during a crucial period in the formation of the nation's economic and social identity."--Lincoln P. Paine, author of "Down East" "Vividly...