Title: Tinderbox
Subtitle: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation
Description: "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.
Subjects: Violence against, Arson, Gay liberation movement, Gays, Gay bars, Homophobia, Mass murder, History, New orleans (la.), social conditions, LGBTQ history, Stonewall Book Awards, collection:randy_shilts_award=finalist, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LGBTQ true crime
Places: New Orleans, Louisiana
Time periods: 20th century