The Pushcart War

How it began: The daffodil massacre

Blow-up of Marvin Seeley's picture

More about Morris the florist and a little about Frank the flower and Maxie Hammerman, the Pushcar King

Summer before the war

Wenda Gambling sees the danger signs

Peanut butter speech

- Words that triggered the war

Secret meeting and the declaration of war

Secret campaign against the pushcarts

Meeting at Maxie Hammerman's: Pushcarts decide to fight

Secret weapon

Pea shooter campaign-Phase 1

Maxie Hammerman's battle plan and General Anna's Hester Street strategy

- Some theories as to the cause of the flat tires: the rotten-rubber theory, the scattered pea-tack theory and the enemy-from-outer -space theory

Arrest of Frank the flower

Big Moe's attack on the police commissioner

Pea shooter campaign-Phase II

Retreat of the trucks and rumors of a build -up on the fashion front

Tacks tax and the British ultimatum

Pea blockade

Barricade at Posey's plant

Raid on Maxie Hammerman's

Questioning of Maxie Hammerman

Portlette papers: the LEMA master plan and the plot to capture Maxie Hammerman

Three-against-one gamble and the capture of the bulletproof Italian car

Maxie Hammerman's war chest: a philosophy of war

Truck driver's manifesto

Truce

Peace march

Mack's attack

Sneak attack

Frank the flower's crocheted target

Turning point: the war of words

Battle of the Bleecker Street

Pushcart peace conference and the formulation of the flower formula for peace

Post-war years.