Empire Rising

It is 1930¿the Depression¿and ground has just been broken for the Empire State Building. One of the thousands of men erecting the building high above the city is Michael Briody, an Irish immigrant torn between his desire to make a new life in America and his pledge to gather money and arms for the Irish republican cause. When he meets Grace Masterson, an alluring artist who is depicting the great skyscraper¿s ascent from her houseboat on the East River, Briody¿s life turns exhilarating¿and da…