num_pages: 416
description: Recounts the history of Cherry Grove, from the 1930s to the present, including interviews with residents who describe the struggles, the partying, and the perseverance. By the author of Mother Female Impersonators in America.
language: English
title: Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town
titlecomplete: Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town
genres: Anthropology, History, American History, Gender Studies, Queer, Nonfiction, LGBT
ratings_count: 64
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Studies
publisher: Beacon Pr