The Pushcart War [SCM]
by Jean Merrill Author
A story about a war between the pushcart peddlars and the large truck drivers in New York City's streets. A simple introduction to how wars start.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-440-47147-8
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 36
- Pages
- 223
- Suggested Grades
- 5th - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- New York
- Historical Setting
- 1986 - 1986
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell
- Copyright
- 1964
Chapters
- 1 How It Began: The Daffodil Massacre
- 2 The Blow-up of Marvin Seeley's Picture
- 3 More About Morris the Florist
- 4 The Summer Before the War
- 5 Wenda Gambling Sees the Danger Signs
- 6 The Peanut Butter Speech
- 7 The Words That Triggered the War
- 8 The Secret Meeting & The Declaration of War
- 9 The Secret Campaign Against the Pushcarts
- 10 The Meeting at Maxie Hammerman's
- 11 The Secret Weapon
- 12 The Pea Shooter Campaign-Phase I
- 13 Maxie Hammerman's Battle Plan
- 14 SomeTheories As to the Cause of the Flat Tires
- 15 The Arrest of Frank the Flower
- 16 Big Moe's Attack on the Police Commissioner
- 17 The Pea Shooter Campaign-Phase II
- 18 The Retreat of the Trucks
- 19 The Tacks Tax & The British Ultimatum
- 20 The Pea Blockade
- 21 The Barricade at Posey's Plant
- 22 The Raid on Maxie Hammerman's
- 23 The Questioning of Maxie Hammerman
- 24 The Portlette Papers
- 25 The Three-Against-One Gamble
- 26 Maxie Hammerman's War Chest
- 27 The Truck Drivers' Manifesto
- 28 The Truce
- 29 The Peace March
- 30 Mack's Attack
- 31 The Sneak Attack
- 32 Frank the Flower's Crocheted Target
- 33 The Turning Point: The War of Words
- 34 The Battle of Bleecker Street
- 35 The Pushcart Peace Conference
- 36 The Post-War Years
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