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

640 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction health lgbtqia+ politics sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced

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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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tense 16%
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