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Author Fieseler, Robert W., author

Title Tinderbox : The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation / Robert W. Fieseler

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 Maine State Lib. Stacks  364.152 F467t 2018    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition
Phys Descr xxxviii, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note Text in English
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
Subject Gays -- Violence against -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century
Mass murder -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century
Gay bars -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century
Arson -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century
Homophobia -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century
Gay liberation movement -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century
OCLC # 1005117932
ISBN # 9781631491641
1631491644