McKinley's ghost & the little tin truck / Anthony M. Graziano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graziano, Anthony M., 1932- author.

Series:

Essential prose series ; 127.

Essential prose series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--United States--20th century--Fiction.

Families.

United States.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

v, 481 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

McKinley's ghost and the little tin truck

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Guernica Editions, 2016.

Summary:

McKinley's Ghost & the Little Tin Truck tells the story of the Millers, a fictional family struggling among the real events of the early 20

Contents:

Part 1 Samuel 1

Chapter 1 Here There Be Ghosts 3

2008: December 3

1906: Henry, Benjamin and Samuel 8

Chapter 2 Grandma's Visitors 25

1906: Science and Philosophy for Everyone 25

1907: Grandma Goes to School 30

1907: The Beast on the Porch 38

Chapter 3 The New World of the Well-Born 45

1908: Eugenics and the Poor 45

1908: Professor Ruedegger's Proposal-Intelligent Selection 50

1909: Erik DeVroos' Great Plan 71

1909: Dr. Wharton and His Beautiful Green Cadillac 74

1910: Eugenics Takes Hold: A Look at the Future 82

Chapter 4 Of Maple Trees and Model T's 85

1910: The Model T 85

1912: Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson 92

1912: McKinley's Ghost 95

1914: The Archduke and the Commoner 101

1915: Captain Turners Lusitania 106

Chapter 5 Family Plans 111

1915: Grandma's Chickens 111

1915: "Who's Leadin Who?" 115

1915: Sarah 118

1916: Leonard's Fancy Sign 127

1916: Samuel-The Rich Folks' Show-Fer 132

1916: Doc Hartwick Takes an Interest 137

1916: No Great Risk 144

Chapter 6 Looking Back and All's Well 149

1830s: The Twenty-Minute War and the Republic of Texas 149

1850s: Great Grandpa Zachary and Jonny Hayes-"Sittin, Spittin, an' Whittlin" 154

1890-1915: Kaiser Wilhelm's Mexican Adventures 158

1916: All's Well on the Farm 163

1916: The Battle of Jutland and Black Tom 165

1917: President Wilsons Second Term-Race, War and the Zimmerman Telegram 170

Chapter 7 The Great War 177

1917: The Wedding 177

1918: Leonard and the Great War 179

1918: Samuel and the Great War 183

1918: The Eleventh Hour 191

1919-1920: Camp Funston Revisited 194

Chapter 8 The Vigil 196

Part 2 Leonard 199

Chapter 9 Coming Home 201

1919: Put It AH Behind You! 201

1919: The Millers' New Partner 204

1920: The Auction 211

Chapter 10 The Promise 217

1917: The Progressives 217

1917: "The Bolsheviks Are Coming!" 225

1919-1920: Decline of the Great Peacemaker 232

1920: The Election and "A Return to Normalcy" 235

1920: Sarah's Warning 240

Chapter 11 A Tea Party at the White House 247

1920: A Country Transformed 247

1921: Taking a Rest 262

Chapter 12 Rosie's Pink Ribbon 267

1923: Little Jamie MacKenzie 267

1923: Bobby Billies 273

1923: The Hotel 277

Chapter 13 Leonard Meets the Kleagle 285

1920s: A Time for Hate 285

1925: Rosie's Midnight Dash 298

Part 3 Richie 309

Chapter 14 The Final Triumph over Poverty 311

1920-1925: The Veterans' Bonus Bill 311

1925: Micah and the Money Pump 314

1926: A Cow Named Richard 327

1928: The Paper Mountain 334

Chapter 15 The Surprise 343

1929: The "Unstoppable" Stops 343

1931: The Mortgage 348

February 1932: Ben's Furniture Shop 351

Chapter 16 The Ford Plant Massacre 357

March 1932: Four Good Men Lie Dead 357

May 1932: The New Bonus Bill 360

June 1932: Our Journey Begins 365

Chapter 17 Welcome to Anacostia 385

June 13, 1932: Collapsing in the Wind, Dissolving in the Rain 385

June 17, 1932: "A Dark Day Ain't Never No Good!" 397

June 25, 1932: Disintegration 400

Early July 1932: An Extraordinary Fact 407

Chapter 18 Children of the Mud Flats 409

June 1932: The June March, the July Disaster 409

July 14, 1932: The Vice President Takes Action 410

July 14, 1932: The Meeting 415

Chapter 19 A Race against Time and Calamity 421

Mid-July 1932: The Evacuation 421

Monday, July 25: Lucy 424

Chapter 20 The General Takes Command 433

Wednesday, July 27: The Presidents Orders 433

Thursday Morning, July 28: Trouble on Pennsylvania Avenue 435

Thursday Afternoon, July 28: The Presidents Excuse 440

Thursday Afternoon, July 28: Assault on Pennsylvania Avenue 443

Thursday Afternoon, July 28: The Generals Insubordination 448

Thursday Night, July 28: The Final Phase-Anacostia Burning 451

Chapter 21 Epilogue 455

Early August 1932: Mopping Up 455

December 2008 457.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-481).

Other Format:

Graziano, Anthony M., 1932-, author. McKinley's ghost and the little tin truck.

ISBN:

9781771831383

1771831383

OCLC:

936220906