The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
- ISBN-10
- 0312560850
- ISBN-13
- 9780312560850
- Series
- The Mayor of Castro Street
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 388
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-10-14
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Randy Shilts
Description
A biography of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay city official in the nation, recounts his public and personal life, and examines the emergence of the San Francisco gay community as a social and political force.
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- 2008-10-14
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- 1982-01-01
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