One hundred years before the dystopian promise of Seattle's wish-fulfilment centres, the city seemed on the precipice of another future entirely. For five days in February 1919, the emerald city's working class struck across all trades and sectors; as production came to a stop, the real work began: committees were organised to feed the hungry, others to keep the peace and tend to the sick. To the terror of Western tycoons, it seemed as if a red star was flying over Seattle.<br />Cal Winslow retells this woefully forgotten story with fresh eyes. Drawn from original research, Winslow does justice to the leading role that women, black, and Japanese-immigrant workers played in the upsurge, just as he tells the multitudinous histories of resistance that were bound together by the act of the strike.
Danny Ryan is heading to Hollywood to disrupt a film being made about his involvement in the East Coast crime war. On set, Danny finds himself in a replica of his neighbourhood, and meets Diane Carson, the actress playing his late wife. Drawn to her, Danny tries to help her cover up a crime in her past, but as he goes to war against new enemies, their two worlds pull them in different directions.
Providence, RI, 1986. Danny Ryan is a hard-working longshoreman, loving husband, and occasional “muscle” for the Irish crime syndicate that oversees the city. He yearns for something more and dreams of starting over fresh, someplace far away. But when war is triggered between rival mob factions, Danny is embroiled in a conflict he can’t escape, and must protect the only home he’s ever known.