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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 Shelving Cart   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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