i was very familiar with randy shilts, wonderful, the mayor of castro street, but i already knew from my research for the gay revolution that there were things that i could add that randy was not aware of. there were a number of letters that were not available to him that had since become available. for instance, his chief correspondence from 1955 to the early '60s was a young woman by the name of susan davis, a heterosexual young woman that he wrote dozens and dozens of letters to and really bared his soul. and i was able to see a part of harvey that it don't think randy shilts could see in his wonderful book. his feelings about relationships, about who he was. another thing that wasn't available to harvey was there's a cash of letters at boston university that, , corresponded that had with the director of hair and jesus christ superstar. and he was very important in harvey's life. harvey works for, with him for a number of years and he really brought to harvey a whole new aspect of life. i was able to include what i found in the boston university collection in the book. and then i a