Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption
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THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE HBO MINISERIES
"Belkin so successfully evokes the city and its people that the reader is caught up in the battle . . . Show Me a Hero is a rich, well-told story" Chicago Tribune
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.
Author: Lisa Belkin
Format: Paperback, 368 pages, 127mm x 203mm, 404 g
Published: 2015, Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom
Genre: Social Studies: General
Interest Age: From 18 years
Description
THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE HBO MINISERIES
"Belkin so successfully evokes the city and its people that the reader is caught up in the battle . . . Show Me a Hero is a rich, well-told story" Chicago Tribune
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.
Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption