Tinderbox

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

Times: 20th century