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

Mired in the Great Depression, the United States teeters on the brink of revolution. And as the summer of 1932 approaches, a charismatic, rail-riding hobo leads twenty thousand desperate World War I veterans across the country to the steps of the U.S. Capitol to demand payment of their service compensation.

*** Chaucer Award Book-of-the-Year Finalist ***
*** Foreword Book-of-the-Year Finalist ***
*** indieBRAG Medallion ***

The tragic events depicted in this sweeping historical novel are unfolded through the eyes of eight Americans, all from widely different backgrounds, who survive the fighting in France and come together again during a tense July month 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 violent clash between two American armies under the same flag.

 Editorial praise:

"[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

"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

"Masterful and courageous...[E]ssential reading for those who found truth and beauty co-existent in the works of John Steinbeck and John Dos Passos." — The Review Group UK

"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 U.S. Marine veteran.