Bauer, Paul, 1956-

Jim Tully : American writer, Irish rover, Hollywood brawler / Paul J. Bauer and Mark Dawidziak ; foreword by Ken Burns. - 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Coins for a dead woman's eyes -- Six years of imprisonment -- Hearts ignorant of homes -- Big rock candy mountain -- The end of the road -- The fire and the ring -- Troubled in heart -- Write or starve -- Emmett Lawler -- Hollywood writer -- The road-kid and the little tramp -- Beggars of life -- One more illusion -- Jarnegan -- Circus parade -- Shanty Irish -- Shadows of men -- Beggars abroad -- Blood on the moon -- Laughter in hell -- Ladies in the parlor -- Return to the ring -- The bruiser -- Biddy Brogan's boy -- The last division -- Epilogue.

9781612778914


Tully, Jim.


Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Irish Americans--Biography.
Tramps--United States--Biography.


Electronic books.

PS3539.U44 / Z55 2011

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