The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk - Hardcover

“A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor.” —"The Washington Post"
“A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional.” —"The Los Angeles Times"

"A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor." --"The Washington Post"
"A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional." --"The Los Angeles Times"

A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor. "The Washington Post"

A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional. "The Los Angeles Times""

A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor. The Washington Post

A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional. The Los Angeles Times

"A no-holds-barred character study and a history of the local gay movement . . . An investigative piece on the mechanics of big-city government in all its expedient, back-biting splendor." --The Washington Post

"A remarkable work [of] biography, social history, and political machination . . . Exceptional." --The Los Angeles Times

Randy Shilts was one of the first openly gay journalists hired at a major newspaper and worked for the San Francisco Chronicle for thirteen years. He died of AIDS in 1994 at his home in the Sonoma County redwoods in California. He was the author of several groundbreaking bestsellers, including And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (1987) and Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military (1993).