The Pushcart War

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The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.

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Title Statements

Full title :The Pushcart War / Jean Merrill ; illustrations by Ronni Solbert.

Summary

The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1964

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):W.R. Scott
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1964

The Physical Object

Description:222 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781590179369, 1590179366, 9781590178195, 159017819X, 0440471478, 9780440471479, 088103830X, 9780881038309
oclc:ocm00189205
LC Classification:PZ7.M54535
Dewey Decimal:[Fic]

How it began: The daffodil massacre -- Blow-up of Marvin Seeley's picture -- More about Morris the florist and a little about Frank the flower and Maxie Hammerman, the Pushcar King -- Summer before the war -- Wenda Gambling sees the danger signs -- Peanut butter speech --- Words that triggered the war -- Secret meeting and the declaration of war -- Secret campaign against the pushcarts -- Meeting at Maxie Hammerman's: Pushcarts decide to fight -- Secret weapon -- Pea shooter campaign-Phase 1 -- Maxie Hammerman's battle plan and General Anna's Hester Street strategy --- Some theories as to the cause of the flat tires: the rotten-rubber theory, the scattered pea-tack theory and the enemy-from-outer -space theory -- Arrest of Frank the flower -- Big Moe's attack on the police commissioner -- Pea shooter campaign-Phase II -- Retreat of the trucks and rumors of a build -up on the fashion front -- Tacks tax and the British ultimatum -- Pea blockade -- Barricade at Posey's plant -- Raid on Maxie Hammerman's -- Questioning of Maxie Hammerman -- Portlette papers: the LEMA master plan and the plot to capture Maxie Hammerman -- Three-against-one gamble and the capture of the bulletproof Ital…

Subjects

Camionneurs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. … Children's stories Children's stories, American Children's stories, American -- 20th ce… City life -- Fiction Fiction Handcarts Handcarts -- Juvenile fiction Histoires pour enfants américaines -- 2… Historical fiction Humorous fiction Juvenile works New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction New York (State) -- New York Peddlers and peddling -- Fiction Truck drivers Truck drivers -- Juvenile fiction Trucks -- Fiction Urban problems -- Fiction