Description for BALLYHOO YEARS by Richard O'Brien: It was the era of Jack Dempsey, Charles Lindbergh, of Tammany Hall and the Teapot Dome...of radio, extra editions, yellow journalism and newspaper wars...an epoch when ambitions soared and hopes were shattered as a tide of ballyhoo swept through America. For cub reporter Joe Flaxton, life held the promise of endless headlines...until an editor named Mike McNellis stood in his way. But the young reporter wouldn't give up. From the docks in Brooklyn to seedy dives in the Village, from the gin-laden clubs in Harlem to the reeking tenements of the Lower East Side. Joe Flaxton sought out the story that would make his reputation...and break the man who made his life hell. The price was high. A man would kill to bury his own name. A beautiful woman, torn between love and family, would pay the cost of scandal. And a cub reporter would suffer the wounds that come with a badge of fame in the ruthless age of ballyhoo.
