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Seventeen Year Old Boxer Joins Westchester Training Farm
John Breen, a 16 year old Hudson River tugboat survivor, enters Greenbough farm under trainer Pug Malone after a devastating explosion sinks his life at sea. He trains, studies, and befriends Gilbert Van Horn as city life and boxing intertwine with his search for purpose.
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Johnny Breen
New York
Father
Beca
van Horns
5Th Avenue
Gilbert van Horn
Johnny
van Horn
Breen
Pug Malone
Young Breen
Hannon
Malone
McManus
Kelly
Ivac
Cerne
Greenbough
Fug Malone
Pug
John
John Breen
Samson Club
Judge Kelly
Marvin Hart
E. K. Southerland
Ur Malone
Bigs
Cailing
Charlie
Clea
Rantoul
Herkimer Pratt