Forty Shades of Green: The Junkman of Brooklyn - Paperback

by Joan Beesley (Author)

Come meet the "Irish Godfather"! Historical fiction and upcoming screenplay about a 3 year old Irish Immigrant from County Leitrim arriving In Brooklyn in 1854 who became a millionaire in his scrap metal empire. Meet The Junkman of Brooklyn, dragging huge old ropes from the immigrant ships on the docks, rising in Democratic politics and Tammany Hall, salvaging destroyers and submarines for the Navy then selling the scrap metal back to them for a profit in WW I and II. Was Michael Flynn really involved with putting the windows in the Chrysler building? Learn what became of his empire, legacy and the Flynns, in this touching and exciting family saga!