Growing up in Pruitt-Igoe : and American story

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Beckman, Laura M. 2011. “Growing up in Pruitt-Igoe : And American Story”. Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries, Urban Books, accessed February 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/urban-books/item/16349

Title: Growing up in Pruitt-Igoe : and American story
Creator: Beckman, Laura M.
Date: 2012
Description: This is a children's book describing the story of a young boy growing up in the Pruitt-Igoe housing project. The story is fictional but based closely off interviews with former residents recorded on the Missouri Historical Society website. It explains the complex reasons for Pruitt-Igoe's creation and decline.
Catalog record.
Call Number: N7433.4.B433 G76 2012
Link to Catalog Record: https://catalog.wustl.edu:443/record=b4992377~S2
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Publisher: Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries
Tags: Artist supplied tags
Artist Keywords: Public housing, oral histories, political/social commentary, identity of place
Tags supplied by Dr. Jana Harper, of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Sam Fox Keywords:
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Pruitt-Igoe (Housing project : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Library Keywords: Pruitt-Igoe (Housing project : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- History.
Library Keywords: Public housing -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Juvenile fiction.
Library Keywords: Public Housing -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century.
Library Keywords: Artists' books -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.

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