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ATDrake · 06-26-2015, 05:29 PM

Bargain @ $1.99 for today only (June 26th) according to the newsletter from Open Road Media (couponable @ Kobo, price valid at the usual Canada & US retailers, may or may not be discounted elsewhere, etc.):

Stonewall by award-winning historian, academic, and activist Martin Duberman (Wikipedia), his book about the historical context and events of the eponymous riots (Wikipedia) which led to the mobilization of the US' modern LGBT rights movement, incorporating first-hand eyewitness accounts, and following 6 gay, lesbian, and trans individuals and the ripple effects on their lives over the years as well as conflicts and schisms in the movement, originally published by Dutton in 1993.

This has praise in the editorial reviews section and a recommendation from the Library Journal.

Kobo has developed a nasty habit of expiring Open Road deals and freebies earlier than their usual midnight Eastern Time server switchover, so here's additional linkage for B&N, Amazon, & Google Play. ETA: I should note that Kobo has apparently changed the catalogue listing since the last time this was on sale, so if you think you might have gotten it then, you'll need to check your library directly to see if you have it already.

Description
A powerful firsthand account of the Stonewall riots and the birth of the modern gay rights movement

“We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall.” —President Obama, 2013 Inaugural Address

In the summer of 1969, the Stonewall Inn, one of the few places where gay men could gather, was a mafia-run unlicensed bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. An unforeseen raid on the night of June 28 by federal agents ignited the now-famous five days of Stonewall riots that kindled the nation’s gay rights movement. Expertly weaving personal, eyewitness accounts of the riots, Martin Duberman’s Stonewall is an engrossing look at how six individuals, from distinctly different backgrounds, helped bring political and social awakening to the gay liberation movement.

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ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Bargain @ $1.99 for today only (June 26th) according to the newsletter from Open Road Media (couponable @ Kobo, price valid at the usual Canada & US retailers, may or may not be discounted elsewhere, etc.): Stonewall by award-winning historian, academic, and activist Martin Duberman (Wikipedia), his book about the historical context and events of the eponymous riots (Wikipedia) which led to the mobilization of the US' modern LGBT rights movement, incorporating first-hand eyewitness accounts, and following 6 gay, lesbian, and trans individuals and the ripple effects on their lives over the years as well as conflicts and schisms in the movement, originally published by Dutton in 1993. This has praise in the editorial reviews section and a recommendation from the Library Journal. Kobo has developed a nasty habit of expiring Open Road deals and freebies earlier than their usual midnight Eastern Time server switchover, so here's additional linkage for B&N, Amazon, & Google Play. ETA: I should note that Kobo has apparently changed the catalogue listing since the last time this was on sale, so if you think you might have gotten it then, you'll need to check your library directly to see if you have it already. Description A powerful firsthand account of the Stonewall riots and the birth of the modern gay rights movement “We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall.” —President Obama, 2013 Inaugural Address In the summer of 1969, the Stonewall Inn, one of the few places where gay men could gather, was a mafia-run unlicensed bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. An unforeseen raid on the night of June 28 by federal agents ignited the now-famous five days of Stonewall riots that kindled the nation’s gay rights movement. Expertly weaving personal, eyewitness accounts of the riots, Martin Duberman’s Stonewall is an engrossing look at how six individuals, from distinctly different backgrounds, helped bring political and social awakening to the gay liberation movement. Last edited by ATDrake; 06-26-2015 at 05:36 PM.