@book{416, keywords = {Roman Catholics, flatboats, Pennsylvania Railroad, 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 = {A television adaption of the 1972 novel, which traces Irish immigrant Joseph Armaugh (Richard Jordan) 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, Rory (Perry King), is assassinated during his campaign to become the first Catholic president.}, year = {1976}, note = {Jordan won the Golden Globe for Best TV Actor. The series also stars Patty Duke, Blair Brown, Jane Seymour, and Henry Fonda.}, language = {English}, }