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

5.0

A powerful account of gay life in the early post-Stonewall years exploring what was the largely unknown largest mass murder at a gay club until the Pulse shootings in Orlando. It’s a shame that the history of the fire at the Upstairs Lounge isn’t more widely known.