Defender of the Underdog: Pelham Glassford and the Bonus Army

by 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. The Hoover Administration and the local government urged Washington, DC, police chief Pelham Glassford to forcefully drive this "bonus army" out of the city. Instead, he defied both governments for months and found food and shelter for the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082636506X
• ISBN13: 9780826365064
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"