When Making History was first published in 1992, the acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel called it, "One of the definitive works on gay life." Novelist Armistead Maupin said that author "Eric Marcus not only writes with grace and clarity but makes it look so easy—the ultimate measure of historian and novelist alike." Now, for the first time, the original complete edition of Making History is available in e-book. Through his engaging oral histories, Eric Marcus traces the unfolding of LGBTQ civil rights effort from a group of small, independent underground organizations and publications into a national movement, covering the years from 1945 to 1990. Here are the stories of its remarkable pioneers: a diverse group of nearly fifty Americans, who hail from all corners of the nation. From the period in history when homosexuals were routinely beaten by police to the day when gay rights leaders were first invited to the White House, Making History is the story of an against-all-odds struggle that has succeeded in bringing about changes in American society that were once unimaginable.

本書は単なる歴史の記録を超えた、魂の肉声の集積です。マーカスは暗闇の時代から権利獲得へ至る歩みを、当事者たちの壮絶な語りを通して描き出しました。歴史家の緻密さと小説家のような情感が同居する筆致は、先駆者たちの苦悩と誇りを生々しく蘇らせる文学的な力に満ちています。 映像化作品との相乗効果も格別です。書籍の重厚な心理描写は、映像が放つ時代の熱気や感情の爆発を支える強固な土台となります。活字による沈思黙考と映像の躍動感が共鳴し合うとき、不屈の精神が生んだ変革の物語は、私たちの胸に消えない情熱の炎を灯すことでしょう。