Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation

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In his impressive, meticulously reported debut as a nonfiction author, Robert Fieseler vividly re-creates the world that produced a galvanizing tragedy, a fire at a New Orleans bar in the summer of 1973 that took thirty-two lives. In reminding us of the furtiveness of gay life even in a tolerant city, and of the official culture’s hostility to it, Tinderbox is riveting and unforgettable.–Nicholas Lemann, author of The Promised Land

 

SKU: 9781631491641 Category:
Author: Fieseler, Robert W
Publication Date: 06/05/2018
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Binding: Hardcover
Media: Book
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In his impressive, meticulously reported debut as a nonfiction author, Robert Fieseler vividly re-creates the world that produced a galvanizing tragedy, a fire at a New Orleans bar in the summer of 1973 that took thirty-two lives. In reminding us of the furtiveness of gay life even in a tolerant city, and of the official culture's hostility to it, Tinderbox is riveting and unforgettable.–Nicholas Lemann, author of The Promised Land