Johnny Townsend 
Inferno in the French Quarter [EPUB ebook] 
The UpStairs Lounge Fire

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On Gay Pride Day in 1973, an arsonist set the entrance to a French Quarter gay bar on fire. In the terrible inferno that followed, thirty-two people lost their lives, including a third of the local congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church, their pastor burning to death halfway out a second-story window as he tried to claw his way to freedom.

A mother who’d gone to the bar with her two gay sons died alongside them. A man who’d helped his friend escape first was found dead near the fire escape. Two children waited outside a movie theater across town for a father and ‘uncle’ who would never pick them up.

During this era of rampant homophobia, several families refused to claim the bodies, while many churches refused to bury the dead. Author Johnny Townsend pored through old records and tracked down survivors of the fire as well as friends and relatives of those killed to compile the first full account of a forgotten moment in gay history.

This second edition on the 50th anniversary of the fire includes additional research and information not available previously.

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On Gay Pride Day in 1973, an arsonist set the entrance to a French Quarter gay bar on fire. In the terrible inferno that followed, thirty-two people lost their lives, including a third of the local congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church, their pastor burning to death halfway out a second-story window as he tried to claw his way to freedom.A mother who’d gone to the bar with her two gay sons died alongside them. A man who’d helped his friend escape first was found dead near the fire escape. Two children waited outside a movie theater across town for a father and ‘uncle’ who would never pick them up.During this era of rampant homophobia, several families refused to claim the bodies, while many churches refused to bury the dead. Author Johnny Townsend pored through old records and tracked down survivors of the fire as well as friends and relatives of those killed to compile the first full account of a forgotten moment in gay history. This second edition on the 50th anniversary of the fire includes additional research and information not available previously.

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 488 ● ISBN 9798988084730 ● Mărime fișier 4.5 MB ● Editura Johnny Townsend ● Publicat 2023 ● Ediție 2 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 8962918 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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