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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Fieseler, Robert W.     Subjects     Gays -- Violence against -- United States.     Mass murder -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.     Gay bars -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Arson -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.     Homophobia -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Gay liberation movement -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fieseler, Robert W.       by title:      Tinderbox : the unto...       by call number:      364.15234 F467t     Search the Web     Fieseler, Robert W.     Gays -- Violence against -- United States.     Mass murder -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.     Gay bars -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Arson -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.     Homophobia -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Gay liberation movement -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Tinderbox : the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire and the rise of gay liberation / Robert W. Fieseler. by Fieseler, Robert W. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2018. Call #: 364.15234 F467t Subjects Gays -- Violence against -- United States.   Mass murder -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.   Gay bars -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Arson -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.   Homophobia -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Gay liberation movement -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781631491641 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xxxviii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Introduction: History reclaimed -- Act I: Fire -- Brotherhood of men -- Sunday service -- Gay liberation -- United we stand -- Act II: Fallout -- Mayhem -- Call for aid -- Liberation descends -- Visions -- Fun house -- Firetraps -- In memoriam -- Act III: Legacy -- Deliverance -- Downfall -- Rally forth -- Last resort -- Coda: Second line. Summary:  "Fieseler chronicles the ... 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 ... access to survivors and archives, Fieseler creates [a] ... portrait of a closeted, blue-collar gay world that flourished before an arsonist ignited an inferno that destroyed an entire community"--Amazon.com. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 364.15234 F467t Adult books Adult Display 5   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 364.15234 F467t Adult books Checked out Jul 11, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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