Walking in the city with Jane : a story of Jane Jacobs / written by Susan Hughes ; illustrated by Valérie Boivin.

By:

Hughes, Susan, 1960- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Boivin, Valérie, 1980- [illustrator.]

Material type: Text

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781771386531 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Biographical fiction.

DDC classification:

23 813.54 J- HUG 016385

Summary: "In Walking in the City with Jane, award-winning author Susan Hughes tells the fictionalized story of Jane Jacobs through a celebration of city life and grassroots activism. Even as a young girl, Jane was an independent thinker with an extraordinary imagination and sense of wonder. She was known to challenge her teacher and was often found playing with her imaginary friends, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Cedric the warrior. Always curious and engaged by her surroundings, Jane grew up to be an exceptional woman who cared deeply about her city. When urban planner Robert Moses proposed an expressway to cut across Manhattan, Jane rallied the local community to save the neighbourhood and even got arrested for standing up for her beliefs. Gorgeously illustrated by Valérie Boivin, Walking in the City with Jane offers a glimpse into the mind of one of our greatest urban thinkers whose influence on cities is still felt today."

List(s) this item appears in: Urban Ecology (Exhibition)

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	813.54 J- HUG 016793 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	016793
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	813.54 J- HUG 016794 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	016794
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	813.54 J- HUG 016385 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	016385

"In Walking in the City with Jane, award-winning author Susan Hughes tells the fictionalized story of Jane Jacobs through a celebration of city life and grassroots activism. Even as a young girl, Jane was an independent thinker with an extraordinary imagination and sense of wonder. She was known to challenge her teacher and was often found playing with her imaginary friends, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Cedric the warrior. Always curious and engaged by her surroundings, Jane grew up to be an exceptional woman who cared deeply about her city. When urban planner Robert Moses proposed an expressway to cut across Manhattan, Jane rallied the local community to save the neighbourhood and even got arrested for standing up for her beliefs. Gorgeously illustrated by Valérie Boivin, Walking in the City with Jane offers a glimpse into the mind of one of our greatest urban thinkers whose influence on cities is still felt today."

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