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The mayor of Castro Street : the life & times of Harvey Milk
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A biography of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay city official in the nation, recounts his public and personal life, and examines the emergence of the San Francisco gay community as a social and po...
A biography of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay city official in the nation, recounts his public and personal life, and examines the emergence of the San Francisco gay community as a social and political force.
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- Creator
- Randy Shilts
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- Language
- English
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- 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed
- New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 388 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780312560850, 0312560850
- OCLC
- ocn232982564
- Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, ©1982.
- "This book is an expansion of 'The life and death of Harvey Milk, ' first published in Christopher Street magazine in March 1979"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-380) and index.
- Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Prologue -- pt. I. The years without hope -- 1. The men without their shirts -- 2. Gay everyman -- 3. Judy Garland's dead -- 4. Sodom by the sea -- pt. II. The mayor of Castro Street -- 5. Politics as theater -- 6. The early invaders -- 7. The first skirmish -- 8. Gay Main Street -- 9. Harvey Milk vs. The Machine -- 10. Orange Tuesday -- 11. Showdown on Castro Street -- pt. III. Supervisor Harvey Milk -- 12. Media star -- 13. Willkommen Castro -- 14. Deadline pressure -- 15. Curtain call -- 16. No cross, no crown -- pt. IV. The legend begins -- 17. Justice and thieves -- 18. The final act -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- I.A populist looks at the city, speech to the Joint International Longshoremen & Warehouseman's Union of San Francisco, September 10, 1973 -- II. A city of neighborhoods, address at inaugural dinner, January 10, 1978 -- III. The hope speech, keynote address to Gay Caucus of California Democratic Council (San Diego), March 10, 1978 -- IV. That's what America is, speech at Gay Freedom Day rally, June 25, 1978 -- V. Harvey Milk's political will, tape-recorded November 18, 1977 -- Notes on sources -- Index