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- En attendant le Feu Vert
- La Balade à vélo des deux femmes nues
- Batou et la femme Hunnu
- L’Opus 24 à L’Opus 1
- Les Femmes Dansent sur les Têtes des Hommes
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Gang 87
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Published: April 20, 2012
Words: 49,496 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476203386
Short description
Gang 87 is a series of short stories about the adventures and mis-adventures of longshore work gangs on the San Francisco and Oakland waterfronts; from 1949 to 1960 and from 1961 until 2010.Extended description
Gang 87 is a series of short stories about longshore work gangs on the San Francisco and Oakland waterfronts from 1949 to 1960 and from 1961 until 2010. The longshore gang members are mostly African-American, Sicilian, American Indian, Portuguese, Anglo-Saxon and other ethnic groups.Gang 87 and other longshore gangs have various misadventures both on the waterfront, San Francisco’s North Beach, the Fillmore District nightclub scene, and other bay area locales, many associated with the waterfront.
Gang 87 has a cast of charters: Walking boss Buffalo, Johnny Boots, The Heap, Larry the Hook, Tony Tuna, The Wolfman, and others. It is the San Francisco and Oakland waterfronts as they were and are now, partly legend and partly myth.
Adult-content rating: This book contains content considered unsuitable for young readers 17 and under, and which may be offensive to some readers of all ages. For more information, see the Support FAQ.
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