The Journalist of Castro Street: The Life of Randy Shilts

As the acclaimed author of And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts became the country's most recognized voice on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. His success emerged from a relentless work ethic and strong belief in the power of journalism to help mainstream society understand not just the rising tide of HIV/AIDS but gay culture and liberation.In-depth and dramatic, Andrew E. Stoner's biography follows the remarkable life of the brash, pioneering journalist. Shilts's reporting on AIDS in San Francisco broke barriers even as other gay writers and activists ridiculed his overtures to the mainstream and labeled him a traitor to the movement, charges the combative Shilts forcefully answered. Behind the scenes, Shilts overcame career-threatening struggles with alcohol and substance abuse to achieve the notoriety he had always sought, while the HIV infection he had purposely kept hidden began to take his life.Filled with new insights and fascinating detail, The Journalist of Castro Street reveals the historic work and passionate humanity of the legendary investigative reporter and author.

Biographies & Memoirs

Stoner, Andrew E.

Professionals & Academics

University of Illinois Press

In Cobra Killer, authors Andrew E. Stoner and Peter A. Conway tell for the first time in full detail the twisted story of a pair of young, aspiring gay adult film producers whose quest for fame at any cost leads to the gruesome murder of the man who stands in their way, gay porn entrepreneur Bryan Kocis. News of the killing of the forty-four-year-old (stabbed twenty-eight times, his throat slashed to near decapitation) in his suburban home sends shock waves through the bucolic Pennsylvania town. Neighbors were horrified to hear about the murder but equally astonished to learn that Kocis ran a small but thriving online porn operation from his home. The murder investigation leads police and prosecutors to the far reaches of the country, from Virginia to New York City, to Las Vegas, and ultimately to a nude beach in San Diego, where investigators facilitate an incredible clandestine suspect surveillance. The manhunt nets Harlow Cuadra and his lover Joseph Kerekes, both former military men, turned male models, turned hustlers, turned porn producers, who finally land at the bottom of a deadly conspiracy. Cobra Killer takes readers into the sometimes alluring, sometimes dangerous and often surprising world of gay porn and the deceit, schemes, and ultimate betrayals lying underneath the fantasy.

Cobra Killer: Gay Porn, Murder, and the Manhunt to Bring the Killers to Justice

Politics & Social Sciences

Conway, Peter A.

Social Sciences

ASPC

Notorious 92 takes the reader on a trip through Indiana's dark side both past and present. This book details the murders that have taken place in each of Indiana's 92 counties.

Notorious 92

True Crime

Blue River Pr

Relive socially relevant comedy shows from the 70's like All In The Family, Good Times and Welcome Back, Kotter and dominate shows like The Carol Burnett Show, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, and Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. It was the golden age for TV s champions of justice with classics like Baretta, Charlie's Angels, Columbo, CHiPs, Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, MacMillan and Wife, Mod Squad, Rockford Files, Starsky and Hutch and The Streets of San Francisco. Let's not forget the classics from the 70's such: The Bob Newhart Show, The Mary Tyler-Moore Show, The Odd Couple, Maude, The Partridge Family, Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour, The Six Million Dollar Man.

Those '70s Shows: TV Trivia and Puzzles

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Blue River Press

Wanted in Indiana: Infamous Hoosier Fugitives (True Crime)

To most Hoosiers, John Dillinger is the very picture of an Indiana fugitive, but the state has seen many fascinating criminal characters on the run. In Tippecanoe County, two Lafayette youths murdered the sheriff's deputies transporting them to prison. The gun-toting "Elwood gun girl" walked from the headlines into legend. One fugitive passed himself off as a small-town cop while on the run, and a well-spoken Indiana killer became the first fugitive captured as a direct result of the TV show America's Most Wanted. Veteran true crime author Andrew E. Stoner examines not only the trail of destruction criminals have left in their wake but also their lives on the run.

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

The History Press

What role did America's newspaper advice columnists play in shaping and forming societal attitudes toward LGBTQ people throughout the 20th century? Advice columns served the important dual function of providing advice and satiating the curious about the people around them. They also often provided the first mention of homosexuality outside of newspaper crime blotters. Their influence could be wide and impactful, as more than 100 million readers regularly read the columns. This book chronicles some of the most popular and widely circulated newspaper columnists between the 1930s and 2000, including Ann Landers, Dear Abby, Helen Help Us!, Dr. Joyce Brothers, The Worry Clinic, Dear Meg, Ask Beth, and Savage Love. It examines the ideological function these columns may have served regarding the place and understanding of LGBTQ people in America and what role they may have played in creating a public opinion about the LGBTQ community. From these columns, we learn not only the framework of how straight Americans understood their homosexual brethren, but also how attitudes and feelings continued to evolve.

Dear Abby, I'm Gay: Newspaper Advice Columnists and Homosexuality in America

McFarland

When Donald J. Trump announced his campaign for president in 2015, journalists, historians, and politicians alike attempted to compare his candidacy to that of Governor George C. Wallace. Like Trump, Wallace, who launched four presidential campaigns between 1964 and 1976, utilized rhetoric based in resentment, nationalism, and anger to sway and eventually captivate voters among America's white majority. Though separated by almost half a century, the campaigns of both Wallace and Trump broke new grounds for political partisanship and divisiveness. In Fear, Hate, and Victimhood: How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook, author Andrew E. Stoner conducts a deep analysis of the two candidates, their campaigns, and their speeches and activities, as well as their coverage by the media, through the lens of demagogic rhetoric. Though past work on Wallace argues conventional politics overcame the candidate, Stoner makes the case that Wallace may in fact be a prelude to the more successful Trump campaign. Stoner considers how ideas about "in-group" and "out-group" mentalities operate in politics, how anti-establishment views permeate much of the rhetoric in question, and how expressions of victimhood often paradoxically characterize the language of a leader praised for "telling it like it is." He also examines the role of political spectacle in each candidate's campaigns, exploring how media struggles to respond to-let alone document-demagogic rhetoric. Ultimately, the author suggests that the Trump presidency can be understood as an actualized version of the Wallace presidency that never was. Though vast differences exist, the demagogic positioning of both men provides a framework to dissect these times-and perhaps a valuable warning about what is possible in our highly digitized information society.

Fear, Hate, and Victimhood: How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

Leaders & Notable People

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

Review\nStoner draws engaging parallels between the rhetoric and presidential campaign tactics of George Wallace and Donald Trump. . . . Stoner’s comparative approach to these campaigns illuminates important lessons about American populism. Highly recommended. -- J. R. Vile ― CHOICE\nFear, Hate, and Victimhood makes an important contribution to our contemporary study of political communication generally and the techniques of demagogic rhetoric specifically. The volume is an important voice as the national soul-searching continues about the meaning of the Trump Era. -- Ferald Bryan, associate professor of rhetoric and public communication, Northern Illinois University\nWhen Donald Trump announced his campaign for president in 2015, journalists, historians, and politicians alike attempted to compare his candidacy to that of Governor George Wallace. Like Trump, Wallace, who launched four presidential campaigns between 1964 and 1976, utilized rhetoric based in resentment, nationalism, and anger to sway and eventually captivate voters among America’s white majority. Though separated by almost half a century, the campaigns of both Wallace and Trump broke new grounds for political partisanship and divisiveness. 
In Fear, Hate, and Victimhood: How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook, author Andrew E. Stoner conducts a deep analysis of the two candidates, their campaigns, and their speeches and activities, as well as their coverage by the media, through the lens of demagogic rhetoric. Though past work on Wallace argues conventional politics overcame the candidate, Stoner makes the case that Wallace may in fact be a prelude to the more successful Trump campaign. 
Stoner considers how ideas about “in-group” and “out-group” mentalities operate in politics, how anti-establishment views permeate much of the rhetoric in question, and how expressions of victimhood often paradoxically characterize the language of a leader praised for “telling it like it is.” He also examines the role of political spectacle in each candidate’s campaigns, exploring how media struggles to respond to—let alone document—demagogic rhetoric. 
Ultimately, the author suggests that the Trump presidency can be understood as an actualized version of the Wallace presidency that never was. Though vast differences exist, the demagogic positioning of both men provides a framework to dissect these times—and perhaps a valuable warning about what is possible in our highly digitized information society.

Wicked Indianapolis

These are not the aspects of Indianapolis history you'll see flaunted in visitors' brochures. These are the abhorrent, the grim, the can't-look-away misdeeds and miscreants of this city's past, when bicycle messenger boys peddled through the night to link prostitutes with johns and when the bigoted masses tightened their grip on the city behind mayor and Klansman John Duvall. From the unseemly to the deviant to the disastrous, Hoosier Andrew E. Stoner brings you lives as out of control as the worst wreck at the Indy 500 with a history as regrettable as it is riveting.

History

Americas

History Press Library Editions

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The Journalist of Castro Street: The Life of Randy Shilts

The Journalist of Castro Street: The Life of Randy Shilts

Cobra Killer: Gay Porn, Murder, and the Manhunt to Bring the Killers to Justice

Notorious 92

Those '70s Shows: TV Trivia and Puzzles

Wanted in Indiana: Infamous Hoosier Fugitives (True Crime)

Dear Abby, I'm Gay: Newspaper Advice Columnists and Homosexuality in America

Fear, Hate, and Victimhood: How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

Fear, Hate, and Victimhood: How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

Wicked Indianapolis