he starts off as hallahan felt he was defender frankie eagan who was the public defender in the townught it was the next mayor of the city but it turned out frankie eagan was actually runningç a racket ex-cons to bump off elderly women and steal their pension, there, the longshoreman leader when the f. ei in the federal government in the cold war worked work after harry bridges was the effective labor leader runs for president under the said party ticket. the fbi goes after him with everything they have and he is thrown in prison on trumped up tax charges twice. but he raises this rolling brood of tough irish kids. terry callan hand who grew up in the neighborhood and lived in the neighborhood lawyers themselves and gary of course was the d.a. in san francisco. the only one who was given a -- janis joplin and bay of san francisco. so, this is a book that really sold itself, have to say. these stories and characters archer leave brian cassation. they ran out of the victorian house and they were providing legal services while the kids that got us did in the neighborhood full generatio