The Mucker ebook

Billy Byrne is a disadvantaged American who was born in Chicago's slums. He grows up to be a robber and thug. He is neither gallant nor compassionate, and his ethics are pitiful, never testifying against a buddy or abandoning someone. He chooses a life of thievery and violence, showing contempt for people who work for a living. He has a profound aversion to the rich. He escapes to San Francisco after being wrongly convicted of murder and is shanghaied onto a ship. Ironically, enforced sobriety, harsh ship discipline, and productive labour all help him better. The ship's secret goal is shortly carried out ꟷ the kidnapping of a specific boat in order to hold a millionaire's daughter, Barbara Harding, hostage.