Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present - Softcover

Neil Miller

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9780099576914: Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present

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ISBN 10: 0099576910 ISBN 13: 9780099576914

Publisher: Vintage Books, 1995

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A unique and hugely absorbing narrative history of gay life—from Oscar Wilde to the first gay marriage performed in San Francisco in 2004—by the award-winning journalist and distinguished author of Out in the World and Sex- Crime Panic. Miller accompanies his narrative with essays and excerpts from contemporary and historical writings, and the text is illustrated with photos and line drawings.

Neil Miller is the author of Sex-Crime Panic and winner of the 2003 Randy Shilts Award for nonfiction and an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book. He is also the author of In Search of Gay America, winner of the 1990 American Library Association prize for gay and lesbian literature. He teaches journalism and nonfiction writing at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

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"Out of the Past is the best introduction to the lesbian and gay past and present that I know of. Its scope is vast, its style lucid, its understanding extraordinary."--Edmund White

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A unique and hugely absorbing narrative history of gay life--from Oscar Wilde to the 25th anniversary of Stonewall--by the award-winning journalist and distinguished author of Out in the World. Miller accompanies his narrative with essays and excerpts from contemporary and historical writings. Photos and line drawings.

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