"St. Patrick's parish was located in the worst slum district of St. Louis, Missouri. This district had gradually grown into a hideout for gangsters, a haven for alcoholics, and a happy hunting ground for ringleaders and racketeers. From this sordid setting emerges Father Timothy Dempsey, huge, genial and humorous, a missionary priest from the Irish Isle, who had a heart big enough to love all people, and to translate this love into lasting monuments of mercy." Second printing.