Little Pink House

A True Story of Defiance and Courage

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Little Pink House

A True Story of Defiance and Courage

1st ed.
  • 1 Want to read

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.--From publisher description.

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English
Pages
397

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Little Pink House
2009, Grand Central Publishing
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Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage
2009, Grand Central Publishing
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Trials, litigation ,etc., Cases.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
343.746/0252
Library of Congress
KF229.K45 B46 2009, KF229.K45B46 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
397

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16864957M
Internet Archive
littlepinkhouset00bene
ISBN 10
0446508624
ISBN 13
9780446508629
LCCN
2008017650
OCLC/WorldCat
225870153
Library Thing
7253596
Goodreads
5054250

Work Description

Suzette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased a falling down Victorian house perched on the waterfront in New London, CT. The house wasn't particularly fancy, but with lots of hard work Suzette was able to turn it into a home that was important to her, a home that represented her new found independence. Little did she know that the City of New London, desperate to revive its flailing economy, wanted to raze her house and the others like it that sat along the waterfront in order to win a lucrative Pfizer pharmaceutical contract that would bring new business into the city. Kelo and fourteen neighbors flat out refused to sell, so the city decided to exercise its power of eminent domain to condemn their homes, launching one of the most extraordinary legal cases of our time, a case that ultimately reached the United States Supreme Court. In Little Pink House, award-winning investigative journalist Jeff Benedict takes us behind the scenes of this case -- indeed, Suzette Kelo speaks for the first time about all the details of this inspirational true story as one woman led the charge to take on corporate America to save her home.

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