Cavanaugh, Jack

Tells the life story of early-twentieth-century boxer Gene Tunney, describing his youth in Greenwich Village, his relationship with Polly Lauder, the 1920s boxing world, his rivalry with Jack Dempsey, and his later years, including his work in the business world.

Josef Schumacher, a pastor in Berlin, is saddened by the increasing influence the Nazi youth movement is having on the young people of his church, so he risks everything to counteract the lies of a Fascist government and the power of the Fuhrer.

Konrad Reichmann, having risen to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Hitler Youth movement, finds the reality of life on the Russian Front far different from the glory promised by the Third Reich, and turns back to his Christian roots to help him deal with the challenging times.