Ambitions
Baillargeon, Frank![Ambitions](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/448/44859276/CHSBZCOP0344859276.jpg)
How does an impoverished and illiterate Irish Catholic immigrant rise from abject poverty and discrimination in mid-19th Century America to become America's boxing champion, a millionaire gambling entrepreneur, a twice-elected member of the United States Congress, and a twice-elected member of the New York State Senate?
The accomplishments of John Morrissey (1831-1878) are well-documented. What's missing is how? Certainly, luck, timing, resolv...