xxiv, 378 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-367) and index.
Contents
How the Grove became gay : 1936-1945 -- "Built upon the sand" -- The gay country club : 1946-1959 -- The battle for the beach -- Conviviality and camp -- Trouble in paradise -- The nation takes shape : 1960-1969 -- The rise of gay commercialism -- The geometry of gay prejudice -- Plays, parties, and sex -- The "Lithuanians" and the "doughnut rack" : the lesbian minority : 1936-1980 -- The "fun gay ladies" -- "Just one of the 'boys'" -- The Grove after stonewall : 1970-1980 -- The ad hoc committee to save Cherry Grove -- Bored on the Fourth of July.
