And the Band Played On: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic

Randy Shilts

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ science emotional informative sad medium-paced

656 pages | first published 1987

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By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a t...
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