The Yanks are Starving A Novel of the Bonus Army

Two armies. One flag. No honor.
The most shameful day in American history.


During the Great Depression summer of 1932, a charismatic, rail-riding hobo leads thousands of hungry veterans into Washington D.C. to demand jobs and service payment. This sweeping novel of World War I and the Bonus March fourteen years later unfolds the shocking story of the political intrigue and government betrayal that ignited the only violent clash between two American armies under the same flag.


The remarkable events depicted in this sweeping historical novel are unfolded through the experiences of eight Americans who survived the fighting in France during the Great War and came together again to determine the nation's fate:

-- Herbert Hoover, the beleaguered president.
-- Douglas MacArthur, the ambitious West Point general.
-- Pelham Glassford, the compassionate District of Columbia police chief.
-- Walter Waters, the troubled leader of the Bonus veterans.
-- Floyd Gibbons, the war correspondent and famous radio broadcaster.
-- Joe Angelo, the banty Italian-American who serves as George Patton's orderly.
-- Ozzie Taylor, the street musician turned Harlem Hellfighter.
-- Anna Raber, the Mennonite nurse.


This timely epic leads the reader across a memorable panorama of American history, from the Boxer Rebellion in China to the Plain of West Point, from the persecution of conscientious objectors to the horrors of the Marne, and from the Hoovervilles of the heartland to the pitiful Anacostia encampment in the bowels of the nation's capital.


Here is the shocking but little-known story of the political intrigue and government betrayal that culminated in the only pitched battle ever fought between two American armies under the same flag.

* * * Foreword Reviews Book-of-the-Year Finalist in Fiction * * *
* * * indieBRAG Medallion Honoree * * *

''[A] wonderful source of historical fact wrapped in a compelling novel. . . . Each of the characters is written in a depth that makes them come alive. . . . If you want to learn about one of America's darkest days, one that rarely gets any attention, this is a book that will both teach and entertain.'' -- Historical Novel Society Reviews

''Glen Craney . . . has drawn a vivid picture of not only men being deprived of their veterans' rights, but of their human rights as well. . . . The Veterans Bonus March was a momentous event in American history and Craney performs a valuable service by chronicling it in this admirable book.'' -- Military Writers Society of America

''Craney has written an outstanding social and military historical novel of the United States covering the crossing over from the nineteenth century mentality into the twentieth century. Simply put, an outstanding novel.'' -- Joseph Spuckler, Author Alliance reviewer and Marine veteran

''One of the best and most memorable books I have ever read.'' -- Marine veteran Nathan Mercer, Movies and Manuscripts

''[C]hock full of really interesting historical figures. . . the writing is one of the most stand-out things about it. . . . [H]istorical fiction readers will appreciate the great characters and very good detail within this book.'' -- A Bookish Affair

''[I] know of no other fiction writer who has made this brave, tragic protest movement the main theme of a novel, until now. Glen Craney deserves praise for recognizing the significance and dramatic potential of the Bonus Army story and developing it in The Yanks are Starving.'' -- Ruth Latta, The Compulsive Reader Review