The Pushcart War

The Pushcart War

Jean Merrill

Book - 2014

The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.

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Subjects
Trucks > Juvenile fiction.
Peddlers > Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
War stories > Juvenile fiction.
Published
New York : New York Review of Books [2014]
Language
English
Main Author
Jean Merrill (-)
Other Authors
Ronni Solbert (illustrator)
Edition
50th anniversary edition
Item Description
Originally published by W. R. Scott in 1964.
Physical Description
223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781590178195
Contents unavailable.
Review by Horn Book Review

This fiftieth-anniversary edition of Merrill's classic looking-backward satire -- "the definitive history of New York's war between the pushcarts and the trucks" (from The Horn Book Magazine, rev. 8/64) -- has been updated from the year 1976 to 2026. Sure, pushcarts and pickle barrels (not to mention the idea of having to actually develop photographs) may be foreign concepts to contemporary kids. But disagreeing grownups still squabble over every little last thing, and the story's arch wit (combined with its just plain silliness) and hilarious story should still resonate with readers today. elissa gershowitz (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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