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Jimmy Crack Corn

by Candice Ransom · 1994

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A nine-year-old boy and his father leave their farm in Virginia to join other veterans marching on Washington, D.C., to get the much-needed bonus money they had been promised after World War I.

Themes
father sonfather sonMore like thisLess of thisfathersfathersMore like thisLess of thismental healthmental healthMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1920s1920sMore like thisLess of thisWashington DCWashington DCMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 72 pages

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