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Port City
Paperback
General FictionHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781942016953
Publisher: Pisgah Press
Published: Apr 22 2025
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A city paralyzed. Two brothers on opposite sides. One brutal winter that changed everything.
New York City, February 1946. The war is over, but a new battle is just beginning. When a ferocious tugboat workers' strike grinds the world's busiest harbor to a halt, incoming shipments of coal, fuel, food, and medical supplies stop cold-and eight million people feel the freeze.
At the center of the storm stand two brothers. Jack Logan, a war-weary ex-G.I. searching for peace on the water, wants only to build a life for his pregnant wife and unborn child. Benny Logan, a fiery union organizer, is ready to burn it all down for the cause. Against them looms Henry McFarland-a ruthless tugboat magnate who despises organized labor and believes that any hint of weakness leads only to certain demise.
From the gilded suites of the Waldorf-Astoria to the frozen decks of the harbor, from Park Avenue power brokers to immigrant dockworkers and their families, Port City is a sweeping, cinematic saga of greed, ambition, loyalty, and redemption-set against a forgotten chapter of American history that feels startlingly urgent today.
Praise for Port City:
A carefully mounted depiction of a largely forgotten incident in 1940s New York. -Kirkus Reviews
Vivid and cinematic, and riveting. -Marie Harris, former Poet Laureate of New Hampshire
A supercharged saga of transformation that will entertain. -Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review
Exquisite writing, terrific descriptions, and fascinating characters. -The Book Commentary (5 Stars)
Drawing on his four decades as a journalist, Eliot Sefrin weaves meticulous historical research into an unforgettable human drama of class and conscience, power and dignity, and the moral choices that define a city and its people.
Perfect for readers of character-driven historical fiction who love:
- Immersive, richly researched post-WWII settings
- Sweeping family sagas with morally complex characters
- Stories of labor, power, and the American working class
A gripping tale of the men and women who kept a great city alive-and the winter that nearly brought it to its knees. Scroll up and grab your copy of Port City today.
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