The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts
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- Pub. Date: October 2008
- 400pp
- Sales Rank: 30,284
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: October 2008
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Format: Paperback, 400pp
- Sales Rank: 30,284
- ISBN-13: 9780312560850
- ISBN: 0312560850
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The definitive story of the man whose personal life, public career, and tragic assassination mirrored the dramatic and unprecedented emergence of the gay community in America during the '70s.
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The definitive story of the man whose personal life, public career, and tragic assassination mirrored the dramatic and unprecedented emergence of the gay community in America during the '70s. 8 pages of photos.
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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).
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GAY ICON IN TODAY'S MORE TOLERANT SOCIETYby Anonymous
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June 06, 2009: After having read two other books by the same author of this book I am not surprised by the amount of research Randy Shilts had to peform in order to give us this detailed account of one of America's first openly gay politician. In an era where gay rights are becoming more acceptable this is a great way to introduce a new generation of readers to the important story of equal rights regardless of sexual orientation. A great read before seeing the film "MILK".
Extraordinaryby Anonymous
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April 24, 2009: Mayor of Castro Street is an extraordinary look into the life of the late Harvey Milk. I enjoyed the book from beginning to end, and I loved all the politcal intrigue.
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