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.

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.