The Up Stairs Lounge arson : thirty-two deaths in a New Orleans gay bar, June 24, 1973 / Clayton Delery-Edwards.

On June 24, 1973, a fire in a New Orleans gay bar killed 32 people in a matter of minutes. This still stands as the deadliest fire in the city's history. Though arson was suspected, and though the police identified a likely culprit, no arrest was ever made. Additionally, government and religious lea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Delery, Clayton, 1957-
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Subjects:
Arson > Louisiana > New Orleans > Case studies.
Murder > Louisiana > New Orleans > Case studies.
Gay bars > Louisiana > New Orleans > Case studies.
Gay people > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Homophobia > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century.
Arson.
Gay bars.
Gays > Social conditions.
Homophobia.
Murder.
Case studies.
History.
Genre:
Case studies.
History.
Physical Description:x, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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