The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army - Couverture souple

Craney, Glen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0981648444 ISBN 13 : 9780981648446

Editeur : Brigid's Fire Press, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Two armies. One flag. No honor.
The darkest day in American history.Former political journalist Glen Craney has enthralled readers with historical novels set during the medieval crusades and the Scottish wars of independence. Now the award-winning author turns to World War I and the Great Depression, bringing to life the emotional but little-known story of the Bonus March of 1932, which culminated in a violent clash between thousands of homeless veterans and U.S. Army regulars with tanks on the streets of the nation's capital.

"[A] wonderful source of historical fact wrapped in a compelling novel.... Each of the characters is written in a depth that makes them come alive.... [T]his is a book that will both teach and entertain." — HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY

"[A] vivid picture of not only men being deprived of their veterans' rights, but of their human rights as well.... Craney performs a valuable service by chronicling it in this admirable book."— MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA

"Craney has written an outstanding social and military historical novel of the United States.... Simply put, an outstanding novel." — MARINE VETERAN JOSEPH SPUCKLER, AUTHOR ALLIANCE

Mired in the Great Depression, the United States teeters on the brink of revolution. And the nation holds its collective breath as a rail-riding hobo from Portland leads 20,000 of his fellow World War I veterans on an unlikely, desperate quest to the steps of the U.S. Capitol to demand payment of their service compensation bonus. This timely and spellbinding epic evokes the historical novels of Jeff Sharra as it sweeps across three decades and unfolds events through the eyes of eight remarkable Americans, all from different backgrounds, who survive the fighting in France during the Great War and come together again, fourteen years later, to determine the fate of a country lashed by partisans of communism and fascism:

• Herbert Hoover, the beleaguered president.
• Douglas MacArthur, the ambitious general.
• Pelham Glassford, the compassionate police chief.
• Walter Waters, the troubled leader of the Bonus veterans.
• Floyd Gibbons, the war correspondent and famous radio broadcaster.
• Joe Angelo, the Italian-American who serves as George Patton's orderly.
• Ozzie Taylor, the street musician turned Harlem Hellfighter.
• Anna Raber, the Mennonite nurse.

Buy THE YANKS ARE STARVING today and discover these fascinating Americans in a memorable panorama that reaches from the Boxer Rebellion in China to the Plain of West Point, from the persecution of conscientious objectors in the Midwest to the horrors of the Marne in France, and from the Hoovervilles of the heartland to the pitiful Anacostia encampment in the bowels of Washington, D.C. Here is an alarming portrayal of the political intrigue and government betrayal that resulted in the only pitched conflict between two American armies under the same flag.

"One of the best and most memorable books I have ever read." — MARINE VETERAN NATHAN MERCER, MOVIES AND MANUSCRIPTS REVIEWS

"Craney combines the visual imagery of a screenwriter and the objectivity of a journalist with the passions of a writer... [E]ssential reading for those who found truth and beauty co-existent in the works of John Steinbeck and John Dos Passos." — LINDA ROOT, THE REVIEW GROUP UK

"[I] know of no other fiction writer who has made this brave, tragic protest movement the main theme of a novel, until now. Glen Craney deserves praise for recognizing the significance and dramatic potential of the Bonus Army story." — THE COMPULSIVE READER REVIEW

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Mired in the Great Depression, the United States teeters on the brink of revolution. And as the summer of 1932 approaches, a charismatic, rail-riding hobo leads twenty thousand desperate World War I veterans across the country to the steps of the U.S. Capitol to demand payment of their service compensation. The tragic events depicted in this sweeping historical novel of the Bonus March are unfolded through the eyes of eight Americans, all from widely different backgrounds, who survive the fighting in France and come together again during a tense July month to determine the nation's fate: — Herbert Hoover, the beleaguered president. — Douglas MacArthur, the ambitious West Point general. — Pelham Glassford, the compassionate District of Columbia police chief. — Walter Waters, the troubled leader of the Bonus veterans. — Floyd Gibbons, the war correspondent and famous radio broadcaster. — Joe Angelo, the banty Italian-American who serves as George Patton's orderly. — Ozzie Taylor, the street musician turned Harlem Hellfighter. — Anna Raber, the Mennonite nurse. This timely epic leads the reader across a memorable panorama of American history, from the Boxer Rebellion in China to the Plain of West Point, from the persecution of conscientious objectors to the horrors of the Marne, and from the Hoovervilles of the heartland to the pitiful Anacostia Bonus Army encampment in the bowels of the nation's capital. Here is the shocking but little-known story of the political intrigue and government betrayal that culminated in the only armed clash between two American armies under the same flag.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Brigid's Fire Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0981648444
• ISBN 13: 9780981648446
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 561