During the Great Depression, the United States teeters on the brink of revolution. And as the summer of 1932 approaches, a charismatic hobo leads twenty thousand homeless World War I veterans into the nation's capital to demand their service compensation. Here is the epic story of political intrigue and betrayal that culminated in the only violent encounter ever waged between two American armies under the same flag.
The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army
Historical fiction
563 pages/2 maps/20 photographs
During the Great Depression, the United States teeters on the brink of revolution. And as the summer of 1932 approaches, a charismatic hobo leads twenty thousand homeless World War I veterans into the nation's capital to demand their service compensation. Here is the epic story of political intrigue and betrayal that culminated in the only violent encounter ever waged between two American armies under the same flag.
The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army
Historical fiction
563 pages/2 maps/20 photographs