Tom Grogan: The Staten Island Waterfront
Jul 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Tom Grogan is a stevedore contractor on the Staten Island waterfront, hires and fires, faces down the union and the local bosses — and is a woman, running her dead husband's business under his name because no one would give a contract to a widow. Smith built the foundation of the Statue of Liberty and painted watercolors for major museums; this 1896 novel was drawn from a woman he had watched do it. Fifty-six plates of harbour and waterfront painting by artists including Edvard Munch and George Bellows carry the working life of the port through the years of Tom Grogan.
Tom Grogan is a stevedore contractor on the Staten Island waterfront, hires and fires, faces down the union and the local bosses — and is a woman, running her dead husband's business under his name because no one would give a contract to a widow. Smith built the foundation of the Statue of Libert...
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Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915) was an American engineer, artist, and writer. He worked as a contractor in New York, where he constructed the foundation for the Statue of Liberty. His novels include Tom Grogan, The Tides of Barnegat, and Felix O'Day.
Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915) was an American engineer, artist, and writer. He worked as a contractor in New York, where he constructed the foundation for the Statue of Liberty. His novels include Tom Grogan, The Tides of Barnegat, and Felix O'Day.
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