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Breen Saga of Loss and New York Fight for Love
A 16 year old survivor from a sinking tugboat rises alone in New York. Taken in by a Bowery family, he fights bullies and rises in boxing under the guidance of Puy Malone. Entangled with Josephine Van Horn, he sails to Paris, faces romance and peril, and endures a dramatic iceberg sinking at sea.
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Johnny Breen
New York City
New York
Bowery
Puy Malone
Young Breen
Breen
van Horns
Fifth Avenue
Gilbert van Horn
Malone
van Horn
Josephine
John
Colami
Deolin
Rantoul
Paris