Show me a Hero : : a Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption
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"Now an HBO miniseries."
Includes new foreword by screenwriter David Simon, and new epilogue by Lisa Belkin.
Issues facing public housing in Yonkers and the people who live with the results.
In 1987, Nick Wasicsko became the mayor of Yonkers just as the city was ordered by a Federal judge to create new public housing in previously restricted areas of the city. The story follows the judge, the young mayor, the politicians, the innovative planning consultant, the homeowners and the new tenants, and hopes of and stresses on each.-- Summary by cataloger.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Back Bay Books, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: xvii, 347 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0316391352
9780316391351
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Simon, David, 1960-
SUBJECTS
African Americans -- Yonkers -- Social conditions.
Poor -- Yonkers -- Social conditions.
Public housing -- Yonkers -- History -- 20th century.
Social conflict -- Yonkers -- History -- 20th century.
Yonkers (N.Y.) -- Race relations.
Yonkers (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Yonkers (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.