Excerpt from Dock Walloper: The Story of Big Dick Butler Big dick butler is an original living character right out of Hell's Kitchen who is not to be confused with Trader Horn, Baron Munchausen or Sinbad the Sailor. What he relates is the gospel truth, mellowed and strengthened by age like the whisky of which he is so fond. What a memory the man has He remembers not only the nice things that prim people store away among their souvenirs, but a variety of happenings that are startling, indiscreet and highly unethical. Why, the man has no shame, you will say; and correct you are. Dick Butler lost his conscience in the cradle and he never regained it. He didn't even try to find it. In politics and the dock walloper's rough and ready world, he quickly learned a conscience was no great help to progress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.