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Book SynopsisIn 1932, the worst year of the Great Depression, more than twenty thousand mostly homeless World War I veterans trekked to the nation’s capital to petition Congress to grant them early payment of a promised bonus. Washington, DC, police chief Pelham Glassford defied the government for months and found food and shelter for the veterans.
Trade ReviewIn admirably clear, direct, and lucid prose, Ferguson invites us to join him on a journey through Pelham Glassford's life and career. . . . Glassford has much to teach us about life, leadership, empathy, and integrity." - Rory McGovern, author of
George W. Goethals and the Army: Change and Continuity in the Gilded Age and Progressive EraTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Beginnings
Chapter 2. Monastery on the Hudson
Chapter 3. A New Officer for a New Army
Chapter 4. On the Border, Prelude to France
Chapter 5. The German Spring Offenses and the Allied Defenses
Chapter 6. St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offenses
Chapter 7. Soldiering in Peacetime
Chapter 8. The New Police Chief
Chapter 9. Walter Waters: Glassford's Friendly Enemy
Chapter 10. The Bonus Veterans Arrive
Chapter 11. The Anacostia Flats Camp
Chapter 12. Painting the Bonus Army Red
Chapter 13. Pretext for Expulsion
Chapter 14. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Chapter 15. Whitewashing the Expulsion
Chapter 16. Aftermath
Chapter 17. Factories in the Field and Communists on the Horizon
Chapter 18. Sob Sisters and Busybodies
Chapter 19. Ranching, Policing, and Politics
Chapter 20. The Later Years
Afterword
Notes
References
