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Lisa Belkin, Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption (Little, Brown & Co. 1999; Back Bay Books, 2000) This highly acclaimed book came from a New York Times writer of more than 15 years. She penetrated the prejudices, myths and heated emotions stirred by the current trend in public housing as she recreates a landmark case in Yonkers, NY in the late 1980s early '90s. This work shows how an effort to build scattered-site public housing in middle-class neighborhoods nearly destroyed an entire city. No sooner does twenty-eight year old Nicholas Wasicsko realize his lifelong dream of becoming mayor of his native Yonkers than he makes the crucial decision to comply with a court order demanding that the city build public housing on the white, middle-class side of town. Civic meltdown ensues. This New York Times reporter's tale of diversification, urban renewal, racism, politics, and community, is a solid piece of urban reportage. MORE: New York Times book review, including an excerpt Review at Nation Housing Institute Amazon Amazon |
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