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Title: Pushcart War, The
Author: MERRILL JEAN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 15/09/2015
Imprint: NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
Price: $22.00
Publishing status: Active
50th Anniversary Edition, now in paperback Do you know the history of the pushcart war? The real history? It’s a story of how regular people banded together and, armed with little more than their brains and good aim, defeated a mighty foe. Not long ago in New York City there were so many trucks making deliveries that it might take an hour for a car to travel a few blocks. People blamed the truck owners and the truck owners blamed the little wooden pushcarts. Behind closed doors, the truck owners declared war on the pushcart peddlers. Carts were smashed from Chinatown to Chelsea. The peddlers didn’t have money or the mayor on their side, but that didn’t stop them from fighting back. They used pea shooters to blow tacks into the tires of trucks, they outwitted the police, and they marched right up to those giant trucks and dared them to drive. Today, thanks to the ingenuity of the pushcart peddlers, the streets belong to the people–and to the pushcarts. The Pushcart War has inspired generations of children and been adapted for television, radio, and the stage around the world. It was included on School Library Journal’s list of “One Hundred Books That Shaped the Twentieth Century.”
ISBN: 9781590179369