Tinderbox, the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire and the rise of gay liberation, Robert W. Fieseler
Type
Label
Tinderbox, the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire and the rise of gay liberation, Robert W. Fieseler
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Tinderbox
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1005117932
Responsibility statement
Robert W. Fieseler
Sub title
the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire and the rise of gay liberation
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
Table Of 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