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Tinderbox

by Robert W. Fieseler · 2018

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"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.

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gaygayMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisLouisianaLouisianaMore like thisLess of thisNew OrleansNew OrleansMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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