The Mayor of Castro Street [electronic resource] : The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
Randy Shilts2022
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'If a bullet should enter my brain, let it destroy every closet door'
This is the definitive biography of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life,
public career, and cold-blooded assassination mirrored the dramatic emergence of
the gay community as a political power in 1970s America.
Milk was the first openly gay politian to hold public office in the United
States. He moved to San Francisco in 1972 amid a migration of gay men to the
city's Castro district and took advantage of the neighbourhood's growing
political and economic power to promote gay rights. Campaigning against the
odds, and in the face of hate and death threats, Milk's political flair finally
earned him a seat as a City Supervisor in 1977. But only eleven months later he
was gunned down by a fellow City Supervisor.
The Mayor of Castro Street is the emotionally-charged story of personal tragedy
and political intrigue, murder at City Hall and massive riots in the streets,
the miscarriage of justice and ...
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Author:
Randy Shilts, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Atlantic Books, 2022
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781838956592
Language:
English
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438581
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