The Pushcart War

by Merrill, Jean
ISBN: 9781590179369
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"The best book about politics ever written for children." --The Washington Post

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 the streets of New York City were smelly, smoggy, sooty, and loud. 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 that traveled the city selling everything from flowers to hot dogs. 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 the grilles of those giant trucks and dared them to drive down their streets. Today, thanks to the ingenuity of the pushcart peddlers, the streets belong to the people--and to the pushcarts.

The Pushcart War was first published more than fifty years ago. It 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, and its assertion that a committed group of men and women can prevail against a powerful force is as relevant in the twenty-first century as it was in 1964.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Merrill, Jean
  • ISBN: 9781590179369
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.60 x 0.60
  • Number Of Pages: 232
  • Publication Year: 2015

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  • Bg vs. Little

    Nik W. - 3 years 11 months ago

    This award winning YA concerns the war between big trucks in New York City, and the small pushcarts and their vendors on the streets. The truck companies want the streets for themselvesno cars, bicycles, or anything but trucksand they are starting by eliminating the pushcarts. Things dont look good, but the pushcarts and their resourceful owners fight back, with ingenuity and humor. The book was written in the 70s, and parts of the New York it depicts are gone, but the gentle humor, the big-vs-little storyline, and the charactersFrank the Flower, General Anna, Winda Wilding the movie star, Big Mo, etc. make the book a winner. In its own gentle way it is about politics, and justiceand pushcarts.

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