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The Mayor of Castro Street is Shilts''s acclaimed story of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and tragic assassination mirrored the dramatic and unprecedented emergence of the gay community in America during the 1970s.

Known as The Mayor of Castro Street even before he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk''s personal and political life is a story full of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassinations at City Hall, massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice, and the consolidation of gay power and gay hope.

The Mayor of Castro Street is a story of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassination in City Hall and massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice and the consolidation of gay power and gay hope.

Harvey Milk has been the subject of numerous books and movies, including the Academy Awardwinning 1984 documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk.

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      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: 14/10/2008
      ISBN13: 9780312560850, 978-0312560850
      ISBN10: 0312560850
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Mayor of Castro Street is Shilts''s acclaimed story of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and tragic assassination mirrored the dramatic and unprecedented emergence of the gay community in America during the 1970s.

      Known as The Mayor of Castro Street even before he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk''s personal and political life is a story full of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassinations at City Hall, massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice, and the consolidation of gay power and gay hope.

      The Mayor of Castro Street is a story of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassination in City Hall and massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice and the consolidation of gay power and gay hope.

      Harvey Milk has been the subject of numerous books and movies, including the Academy Awardwinning 1984 documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk.

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