The pushcart war
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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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers,
1987, c1964.
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | "A Yearling book." |
| Physical Description: | 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0440471478 9781590179369 |
| Author Notes: | Her first book, Henry the Hand-Painted Mouse, was published in 1951. In 1952 she received a Fulbright Fellowship to study folklore at the University of Madras in India. She later based several of her books on Asian folk stories including Shan's Lucky Knife, The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars, and The Superlative Horse, which won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Her other books include A Song for Gar, Blue's Broken Heart, and The Pushcart War, which won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. She also wrote a dozen scripts for animated television adaptations of her work. The Toothpaste Millionaire was adapted for television in 1974. She died from cancer on August 2, 2012 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) |
