The Yanks Are Starving

by Glen Craney

Overview

Two armies. One flag. No honor.
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 brings 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.

"[A] wonderful source of historical fact wrapped in a compelling novel.... will both teach and entertain." -- HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
"[A] vivid picture of not only men being deprived of their veterans' rights, but of their human rights as well.... Craney performs a valuable service by chronicling it in this admirable book." -- MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA
"Craney has written an outstanding social and military historical novel of the United States." -- MARINE VETERAN JOSEPH SPUCKLER, AUTHOR ALLIANCE

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 Fiction
-- indieBRAG Medallion
-- Chaucer Award Finalist

This timely, spellbinding 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.
-- Anna Raber, the Mennonite nurse.

We follow these fascinating Americans across a memorable panorama that reaches from the Boxer Rebellion in China to the Plain of West Point, from the persecution of conscientious objectors in the Midwest to the horrors of the Marne in France, and from the Hoovervilles of the heartland to the pitiful Anacostia encampment in the bowels of Washington, D.C.

Here is an alarming portrayal of the political intrigue and government betrayal that resulted in the only violent conflict between two American armies under the same flag.

"One of the best and most memorable books I have ever read." -- MARINE VETERAN NATHAN MERCER
"Craney combines the visual imagery of a screenwriter and the objectivity of a journalist with the passions of a writer... [E]ssential reading for those who found truth and beauty co-existent in the works of John Steinbeck and John Dos Passos." -- LINDA ROOT, REVIEW GROUP UK
"[I] know of no other fiction writer who has made this brave, tragic protest movement the main theme of a novel, until now. Glen Craney deserves praise for recognizing the significance and dramatic potential of the Bonus Army story." -- THE COMPULSIVE READER

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940148553205
Publisher:	Brigid's Fire Press
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	563
Sales rank:	526,441
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Glen Craney holds graduate degrees from Indiana University School of Law and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He practiced trial law before joining the Washington, D.C. press corps to cover national politics and the Iran-contra trial for Congressional Quarterly magazine. The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences awarded him the Nicholl Fellowship prize for best About the Author new screenwriting, and he is a three-time finalist for Foreword Reviews Book-of-the-Year Award. His debut historical novel, The Fire and the Light, was honored as Best New Fiction by the National Indie Excellence Awards. His books have taken readers to Occitania during the Albigensian Crusade, Scotland of Robert Bruce, Portugal during the Age of Discovery, the trenches of France during World War I, the Civil War battlefields of the American South, and the American Hoovervilles of the Great Depression. He lives in southern California.

Editorial Reviews

"Craney has written an outstanding social and military historical novel of the United States covering the crossing over from the nineteenth century mentality into the twentieth century. Simply put, an outstanding novel."

Author Alliance - Joseph Spuckler

"Craney has written an outstanding social and military historical novel of the United States covering the crossing over from the nineteenth century mentality into the twentieth century. Simply put, an outstanding novel."

Joseph Spuckler

"Glen Craney . . . has drawn a vivid picture of not only men being deprived of their veterans' rights, but of their human rights as well. . . . The Veterans Bonus March was a momentous event in American history and Craney performs a valuable service by chronicling it in this admirable book."

Military Writers Society of America - Donald Farinacci

"Glen Craney . . . has drawn a vivid picture of not only men being deprived of their veterans' rights, but of their human rights as well. . . . The Veterans Bonus March was a momentous event in American history and Craney performs a valuable service by chronicling it in this admirable book."

Donald Farinacci

"[I] know of no other fiction writer who has made this brave, tragic protest movement the main theme of a novel, until now. Glen Craney deserves praise for recognizing the significance and dramatic potential of the Bonus Army story and developing it in The Yanks are Starving."

The Compulsive Reader Review - Ruth Latta

"[I] know of no other fiction writer who has made this brave, tragic protest movement the main theme of a novel, until now. Glen Craney deserves praise for recognizing the significance and dramatic potential of the Bonus Army story and developing it in The Yanks are Starving."

Ruth Latta

"One of the best and most memorable books I have ever read."

Movies and Manuscripts - Nathan Mercer

"One of the best and most memorable books I have ever read."

Nathan Mercer

"[A] wonderful source of historical fact wrapped in a compelling novel. . . . Each of the characters is written in a depth that makes them come alive. . . . If you want to learn about one of America's darkest days, one that rarely gets any attention, this is a book that will both teach and entertain."

Historical Novel Society - Bryan Dumas

"[A] wonderful source of historical fact wrapped in a compelling novel. . . . Each of the characters is written in a depth that makes them come alive. . . . If you want to learn about one of America's darkest days, one that rarely gets any attention, this is a book that will both teach and entertain."

Bryan Dumas