Gay and Lesbian Philadelphia (Images of America: Pennsylvania)

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Summary: A Big Let Down
Review: I feel his coverage was too limited. Some of the famous and infamous Gays and Lesbians in Philadelphia he totally omitted or ignored.

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Summary: What a work of art!
Review: The book is amazing. It manages to cover the cultural, social, political and personal aspects of gay and lesbian life in Philadelphia without ever getting caught up in one particular "niche." Nickels covers the famous and the not-so famous and he even says that his book is not meant to be an encyclopedic "end all" or a final summing up of gay and lesbian life in Philadelphia. The photographs are incredible! And Nickels manages to be fair and unbiased in his descriptions of groups and personalities. Other writers, perhaps, would have been tempted to take potshots at different people but Nickels stays on a high-minded plain. What a work of art!