Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption
- ISBN-10
- 0316088056
- ISBN-13
- 9780316088053
- Series
- Show Me a Hero
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Author
- Lisa Belkin
Description
Details a true account of racial and social conflict in the city of Yonkers, N.Y.
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