Gay bar : the fabulous, true story of a daring woman and her boys in the 1950s / Will Fellows and Helen P. Branson ; introduction by Blanche M. Baker, M.D.

"Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s--America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she fo...

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Main Author: Fellows, Will
Other Authors: Branson, Helen P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2010]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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505 0 |a Preface -- From The Dust Jacket Of The Original Edition -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: "Well, Get You, Girl ... " -- Chapter 2: " ... Don't Scream at Your Mother ... " -- Chapter 3: " ... Carry On Like Faust ... " -- Chapter 4: " ... Clever Drag, But I Think He'ss Fuzz ... " -- Chapter 5: " ... Hit Him With Your Beaded Bag, May ... " -- Chapter 6: "Meanwhile, Back At The Palace ... " -- Chapter 7: " ... And Away We Go ... " -- Chapter 8: " ... Must Be These High Heels I'm Wearing ... " -- Chapter 9: "I Read Her Beads For Her ... " -- Chapter 10: "Listen To Your Mother ... " -- For The Record -- Afterword. 
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