Description: Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation Author: Robert W. Fieseler Title: Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation Publication: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018 Description: Hardcover. Used Like New hardcover in new DJ. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Publisher overstock mark on the bottom of the text block. Includes author's notes, index, and photos. 384 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Used Like New / New. Buried for decades, the Up Stairs Lounge tragedy has only recently emerged as a catalyzing event of the gay liberation movement. In revelatory detail, Robert W. Fieseler chronicles the tragic event that claimed the lives of thirty-one men and one woman on June 24, 1973, at a New Orleans bar, the largest mass murder of gays until 2016. Relying on unprecedented access to survivors and archives, Fieseler creates an indelible portrait of a closeted, blue- collar gay world that flourished before an arsonist ignited an inferno that destroyed an entire community. The aftermath was no less traumatic--families ashamed to claim loved ones, the Catholic Church refusing proper burial rights, the city impervious to the survivors' needs--revealing a world of toxic prejudice that thrived well past Stonewall. Yet the impassioned activism that followed proved essential to the emergence of a fledgling gay movement. Tinderbox restores honor to a forgotten generation of civil-rights martyrs. Seller ID: 100586 Subject: Gender and Sexuality , Social Issues , US History The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Robert W. Fieseler
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Year Printed: 2018
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Subject: History
