A review by blathering
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler

4.0

It's an odd experience to read a history book where everything happens during your lifetime of not during your memory. I became aware of the Up Stairs Loung fire in the 90s when stories started appearing in the local paper. And so it's interesting to read an outsider (non-New Orleanian) take on our city. He gets a lot right and a few things wrong. But a really important read