Little pink house : a true story of defiance and courage / Jeff Benedict.
2009
KF229.K45 B46 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Little pink house : a true story of defiance and courage / Jeff Benedict.
Edition
1st ed.
Imprint
New York : Grand Central Pub, 2009.
Description
xv, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
Susette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased an old house perched on the waterfront in New London, Conn. It wasn't fancy, but with hard work she was able to turn it into a home that was important to her. Little did she know that the City of New London, desperate to revive its flailing economy, wanted to raze her house and others along the waterfront in order to win a lucrative Pfizer pharmaceutical contract that would bring new business into the city. Kelo and fourteen neighbors refused to sell, so the city decided to exercise its power of eminent domain to condemn their homes, launching a case that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. Investigative journalist Jeff Benedict takes us behind the scenes of this case, and Kelo speaks for the first time about how one woman took on corporate America to save her home.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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STA
Available in Other Form
Online version: Benedict, Jeff. Little pink house. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub, 2009
Call Number
KF229.K45 B46 2009
Language
English
ISBN
9780446508629
0446508624
0446508624
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