The evening crowd at Kirmser's : a gay life in the 1940s / Ricardo J. Brown ; edited by William Reichard ; foreword by Allan H. Spear.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Evening Crowd at Kirmser's is a compelling memoir of the author's experiences as a young gay man during the 1940's. In an engaging and open writing style, and through stories both humorous and tragic, Brown introduces us to the companions and friends he met at Kirmser's, a working-class bar in downtown St. Paul that became an unofficial home to gay men and lesbians at night. "Whimsical, insightful, and compellingly readable, Ricardo Brown's memoir offers a remarkable portrait of the life gay men built for themselves after the Second World War in small cities far from the coastal meccas

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; 1. Kirmser's; 2. That Old Gang of Mine; 3. The Promised Land; 4. The All-American Boy; 5. The Girls; 6. The Survivors; 7. Lucky; 8. The Guy with Crabs and Other Visitors; 9. The Coney Island; 10. Flaming Youth; 11. Winter Carnival; 12. The Picture in the Window; 13. Dinner at the Ryan

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8166-9180-0

OCLC:

560187028