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

Shilts-randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312523319 ISBN 13: 9780312523312

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1983

Synopsis

This 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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Review:

"A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor." --"The Washington Post"
"A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional." --"The Los Angeles Times"

“A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor.” —"The Washington Post"
“A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional.” —"The Los Angeles Times"

"A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor." --"The Washington Post"
"A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional." --"The Los Angeles Times"

A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor. "The Washington Post"

A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional. "The Los Angeles Times""

A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor. The Washington Post

A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional. The Los Angeles Times

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"A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor." --The Washington Post

"A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional." --The Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Randy Shilts was one of the first openly gay journalists hired at a major newspaper and worked for the San Francisco Chronicle for thirteen years. He died of AIDS in 1994 at his home in the Sonoma County redwoods in California. He was the author of several groundbreaking bestsellers, including And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (1987) and Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military (1993).

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0312523319
• ISBN 13: 9780312523312
• Binding: Paperback