Defender of the Underdog. Pelham Glassford and the Bonus Army, Hardback/Harvey Ferguson

In 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. Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Author(s): Harvey Ferguson Number of pages: 336 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 33 Cover type: Hardback