Harvey Milk : his lives and death / Lillian Faderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faderman, Lillian, author.

Series:

Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)

Jewish lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milk, Harvey.

Gay politicians--California--San Francisco--Biography.

Gay politicians.

Politicians--California--San Francisco--Biography.

Politicians.

Gay men--California--San Francisco--Biography.

Gay men.

Jewish men--California--San Francisco--Biography.

Jewish men.

Gay liberation movement--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.

Gay liberation movement.

Jewish gay people--California--San Francisco--Biography.

Jewish gay people.

Jewish politicians--California--San Francisco--Biography.

Jewish politicians.

History.

California--San Francisco.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Harvey Milk--eloquent, charismatic, and a smart-aleck--was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, but he had not even served a full year in office when he was shot by a homophobic fellow supervisor. Milk's assassination at the age of forty-eight made him the most famous gay man in modern history; twenty years later Time magazine included him on its list of the hundred most influential individuals of the twentieth century. Before finding his calling as a politician, however, Harvey variously tried being a schoolteacher, a securities analyst on Wall Street, a supporter of Barry Goldwater, a Broadway theater assistant, a bead-wearing hippie, the operator of a camera store and organizer of the local business community in San Francisco. He rejected Judaism as a religion, but he was deeply influenced by the cultural values of his Jewish upbringing and his understanding of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. His early influences and his many personal and professional experiences finally came together when he decided to run for elective office as the forceful champion of gays, racial minorities, women, working people, the disabled, and senior citizens. In his last five years, he focused all of his tremendous energy on becoming a successful public figure with a distinct political voice."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1. A nice Jewish boy. The Milchs ; Deep, dark secrets ; Drifting ; Will-o'-the-wisps

Part 2. "They call me the mayor of Castro street". "Who is this Mr. Yoyo?" ; Learning to put up the chairs ; Strike two ; Milk vs. the machine

Part 3. A serious political animal. Victory! ; Supervisor Milk ; Leading ; Dark clouds gathering

Part 4. Martyr. "If a bullet should enter my brain ..." ; Aftermath

Epilogue : Harvey Milk's legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-275) and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish Book of the Year, Winner, 2014 (for Jewish Lives series)

ISBN:

9780300222616

0300222610

OCLC:

1032649719