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The evening crowd at Kirmser's : a gay life in the 1940s / Ricardo J. Brown ; edited by William Reichard ; foreword by Allan H. Spear.
Van Pelt Library HQ76.3.U52 S253 2001
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LIBRA HQ76.3.U52 S253 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Ricardo J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--Minnesota--Saint Paul--History.
- Homosexuality.
- Gay people--Minnesota--Saint Paul--History.
- Gay people.
- History.
- Minnesota--Saint Paul.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 155 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Gay life and culture in Minnesota at the wake of World War II is brilliantly chronicled in this vivid, intimate, and sometimes shocking memoir by a lifelong journalist. Reprint. (Social Science).
- Contents:
- 1. Kirmser's 3
- 2. That Old Gang of Mine 11
- 3. The Promised Land 27
- 4. The All-American Boy 35
- 5. The Girls 47
- 6. The Survivors 61
- 7. Lucky 77
- 8. The Guy with Crabs and Other Visitors 93
- 9. The Coney Island 103
- 10. Flaming Youth 115
- 11. Winter Carnival 125
- 12. The Picture in the Window 135
- 13. Dinner at the Ryan 149.
- ISBN:
- 0816636214
- OCLC:
- 45784206
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