Tinderbox: the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire and the rise of Gay Liberation
New York: Liveright Pub. Corp. 2018. Hardcover. xxxviii, 343p., photographic endpapers, frontis-photo, map, historical figures, preface, introduction, notes, index, near fine first edition in boards and bright, unclipped dj.
The story of the arson fire at the Up Stairs Lounge in NOLA in 1973 that murdered thirty-two people, many members of the local MCC church. Includes the aftermath, the search for justice and a consideration of other related incidents up to and including the Pulse mass-killing.
Cat.No: 246937
ISBN: 9781631491641
Price: $15.00
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1970S,
Crime,
Fires, Firefighting,
Gay Studies,
Homophile, gay liberation,
Homophobia, gay bashing,
Louisiana,
New Orleans
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