{"product_id":"everybody-dies-in-the-end-paperback","title":"Everybody Dies In The End - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 5 of \u003cb\u003eRichard Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003cb\u003eThe First Ward\u003c\/b\u003e historical novel series, \u003cb\u003e\"Everybody Dies In The End,\"\u003c\/b\u003e based on actual people and their activities legal and otherwise in Buffalo's wild and wooly waterfront First Ward, sees five of the real life principal characters die-four of them within four months of each other. Preceding their demise, each is involved in a series of life-changing ventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe meet \u003cb\u003eWilliam J. \"Wild Bill\" Donovan\u003c\/b\u003e, known as the \"Father of the CIA\" who was \u003cb\u003eborn and raised in the First Ward\u003c\/b\u003e. Donovan lets others' high opinions of him go to his head as he overreaches his authority to betray and alienate his family, friends, clients and even his own law partner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuture \u003cb\u003eKing of England, Edward Prince of Wales\u003c\/b\u003e, visits \u003cb\u003eBuffalo\u003c\/b\u003e with his flirtatious gay brother to dedicate the opening of the \u003cb\u003ePeace Bridge\u003c\/b\u003e linking Canada and the US.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFingy Conners\u003c\/b\u003e, \"The Boss\" of the First Ward, takes control of the Great Lakes shipping trade, putting him in the ideal position to make millions rum-running during Prohibition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuring \u003cb\u003eProhibition\u003c\/b\u003e the \u003cb\u003eUS Coast Guard \u003c\/b\u003eruns wild murdering innocent citizens merely on suspicion of their possessing alcohol.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLydia Harper\u003c\/b\u003e, a beautiful negro prostitute, becomes a heroine in the deadly cholera epidemic, only to be shunned afterward by the very same people whose lives she saved.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn his final year on earth, \u003cb\u003eDetective Sergeant Jim Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e resurrects the \u003cb\u003eMutual Rowing Club\u003c\/b\u003e after \u003cb\u003eWorld War I, \u003c\/b\u003e coupled with the \u003cb\u003eSpanish Flu epidemic, \u003c\/b\u003e nearly cause its closure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ewidow of a murdered sailor\u003c\/b\u003e enlists \u003cb\u003eAlderman John P. Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e in her quarter century battle to clear her husband's name and win her rightful widow's pension from the US Navy. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuring a labor strike against him, Fingy Conners imports \u003cb\u003e12,000 desperate men\u003c\/b\u003e into the city as strike-breakers, who then go on to wreak havoc at great cost to city taxpayers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMembers of the \u003cb\u003eMutual Rowing Club\u003c\/b\u003e sabotage their own National Champion's chances to compete in the \u003cb\u003e1924 Paris Olympics\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Buffalo pharmacist, \u003cb\u003eBoris Reinstein\u003c\/b\u003e, joins the Russian Revolution and rises to become a principal Minister in \u003cb\u003eVladimir Lenin\u003c\/b\u003e's Soviet cabinet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher \u003cb\u003eWilliam Randolph Hearst \u003c\/b\u003eonce again decides to run for Governor of New York and enlists \u003cb\u003eFingy Conners\u003c\/b\u003e as his campaign manager. Movie star \u003cb\u003eMarion Davies\u003c\/b\u003e, Hearst's out-of-control mistress, poses the ultimate threat, as the \u003cb\u003eCatholic Bishop of Buffalo William Turner \u003c\/b\u003ejust happens to occupy the ship's cabin next door to Hearst and Davies' during their clandestine (and very noisy) trans-Atlantic crossing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd through it all, the conscience of The First Ward series, \u003cb\u003eHannah Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e, endures and ultimately triumphs in her own modest manner. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 426\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252255375609,"sku":"9798530733260","price":26.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TFYrSjNDdlREYzF4MkJpS251MmFodz09.webp?v=1768684854","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/everybody-dies-in-the-end-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}