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The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
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Author
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Randy Shilts.
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Publisher
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St. Martin's Griffin
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Format
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paperback
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Product Dimensions
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8.25
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5.5
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1.15
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ISBN
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9780312560850
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Pages/Publication Date
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388/2008
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Daedalus Item Code
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20627
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Description
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Known as the "Mayor of Castro Street" even before he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk's personal life, public career, and assassination in 1978 reflect the dramatic emergence of the gay community as a political power in America. Randy Shilts, a 13-year veteran at the San Francisco Chronicle and one of the first openly gay journalists writing for a major newspaper, tells Milk's story in the context of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassinations at City Hall, riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice, and the consolidation of gay power and social activism. "A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement ... [and] an investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor."—Washington Post
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