@book{386, keywords = {Roman Catholics, flatboats, American Civil War, Pennsylvania oil rush, immigrants, World War I, Irish Americans, orphans, nuns, oil industry, priests}, author = {Taylor Caldwell}, title = {Captains and Kings}, abstract = {This rags-to-riches, New York Times bestseller traces Irish immigrant Joseph Armaugh from the 1850s to the 1890s as he establishes his empire in the Western Pennsylvania Oil Rush and becomes the founding father of a powerful Irish-American clan. Armaugh’s son is assassinated during his campaign to become the first Catholic president.}, year = {1972}, pages = {695 p.}, publisher = {Doubleday & Company, Inc.}, address = {Garden City, NY}, language = {English}, }