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Author
Publisher
Triangle Square books for Young Readers, an imprint of Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jane Jacobs was born more than a hundred years ago, yet the ideas she popularized-about cities, about people, about making a better world-remain hugely relevant today. Now, in Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People, we have the first biography for young people of the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker. Debut author Rebecca Pitts draws on archives and Jacobs's own writings to paint a vivid picture of a headstrong and principled...