The darkest day in American history. Former political journalist Glen Craney has enthralled readers with novels set during the medieval crusades and Scottish wars of independence. Now the award-winning author turns to World War I and the Great Depression, bringing to life the 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 on the streets of the nation's capital. 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 fellow World War I veterans on a desperate quest to the steps of the U.S. Capitol to demand payment of their service compensation bonus.
Foreword Book-of-the-Year Finalist Historical FictionindieBRAG MedallionChaucer Award Finalist This timely epic evokes the historical novels of Jeff Sharra as it sweeps across three decades and unfolds events through the eyes of eight remarkable Americans who survive the fighting in France during the Great War and come together again, fourteen years later, to determine the fate of a country threatened by 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.
