Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Prologue -- pt. I. The years without hope -- 1. The men without their shirts -- 2. Gay everyman -- 3. Judy Garland's dead -- 4. Sodom by the sea -- pt. II. The mayor of Castro Street -- 5. Politics as theater -- 6. The early invaders -- 7. The first skirmish -- 8. Gay Main Street -- 9. Harvey Milk vs. The Machine -- 10. Orange Tuesday -- 11. Showdown on Castro Street -- pt. III. Supervisor Harvey Milk -- 12. Media star -- 13. Willkommen Castro -- 14. Deadline pressure -- 15. Curtain call -- 16. No cross, no crown -- pt. IV. The legend begins -- 17. Justice and thieves -- 18. The final act -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- I. A populist looks at the city, speech to the Joint International Longshoremen & Warehouseman's Union of San Francisco, September 10, 1973 -- II. A city of neighborhoods, address at inaugural dinner, January 10, 1978 -- III. The hope speech, keynote address to Gay Caucus of California Democratic Council (San Diego), March 10, 1978 -- IV. That's what America is, speech at Gay Freedom Day rally, June 25, 1978 -- V. Harvey Milk's political will, tape-recorded November 18, 1977 -- Notes on sources -- Index.