Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution

CARTER, David

ISBN 10: 0312200250 / ISBN 13: 9780312200251

Verlag: St. Martin's Press, New York, 2004

Beschreibung

First edition. 336pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Light bumping at the foot of the spine, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a short tear on the rear flap. Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "June 1, 2004. For Richard, Who saw it all . and lived to tell (part of ?) the tale! Best, xx David." Laid in is a program for a panel discussion and book signing event for the book presented by The New-York Historical Society Out Professionals and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center on June 2, 2004. The basis for the PBS American Experience documentary *Stonewall Uprising.*.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 566989

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
• Verlag: St. Martin's Press, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• ISBN-10: 0312200250
• ISBN-13: 9780312200251
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1. Auflage
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
• Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

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Inhaltsangabe

An examination of the 1969 series of riots over police action against The Stonewall Inn provides a background of the mob-controlled Greenwich Village gay bar, the political and social elements that contributed to the riots, and the event's impact on subsequent attitudes. 10,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Carter has had a varied career as a writer, editor, and filmmaker. He is the author of biographies of Salvador Dali and George Santayana, he edited and compiled Spontaneous Mind, a collection of interviews with Allen Ginsberg, and directed the film Meher Baba in Italy for Peter Townshend. Carter has a B.A. from Emory University and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin. He is a resident of Greenwich Village in New York City.