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The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk

by Randy Shilts · 1982

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The Mayor of Castro Streetis Shilts's acclaimed story of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and tragic assassination mirrored the dramatic and unprecedented emergence of the gay community in America during the 1970s. His is a story of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassination in City Hall and massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice and the consolidation of gay power and gay hope.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of thistrue crimetrue crimeMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thisgaygayMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisLGBTQ+ romanceLGBTQ+ romanceMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thissexualitysexualityMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thisgendergenderMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisSan FranciscoSan FranciscoMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 380 pages

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