Show Me a Hero
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Show Me a Hero Description
Yonkers, New Jersey, 1987. Nicholas Wasicsko, the city's ambitious young mayor is given a court order demanding that the city build public housing on the white, middle-class side of town in order to right what the judge saw as intentional, decades-long pattern of segregation. As these cosy neighbourhoods were faced with the reality of a truly diverse and accepting community, the city went into crisis. In the fine tradition of American reportage, Show Me a Hero is the story of a city divided by fear, racism, politics and even murder. It is also the story of the individuals whose lives were shattered by the meltdown: the young mother, the activist, the ambitious politician.Details
| OPC | P6FJNB |
|---|---|
| Codes | 1447295331 (ISBN-10) |
| 9781447295334 (ISBN) |
Detailed Product Information
| Release Date | 10/09/2015 |
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| Book Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Author | Lisa Belkin |
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In this highly acclaimed book (the basis of a new HBO miniseries, produced by David Simon, creator of The Wire) Lisa Belkin brings to life a landmark public housing case in Yonkers, New York in riveting detail. What began with a judge's order to build scattered-site public housing in middle-class neighbourhoods, ended in the near destruction of a city - sparking prejudices, fanning emotions into flame and eventually leading to murder and suicide. Belkin's sympathetic portrait of the people at the centre of this crisis - hopeful, fearful, greedy, manipulative, the gamut of human behaviour - is page-turning to its powerful, redemptive end.
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- ISBN Show Me a Hero book English Paperback 368 pages
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| Language version | English |
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| Release date (DD/MM/YYYY) | 10/09/2015 |
| Number of pages | 368 pages |
| Written by | Lisa Belkin |
| International Standard Book Number (ISBN) | 9781447295334 |
| Book cover type | Paperback |
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