And the Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

And the Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic - Paperback

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And the Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic - Paperback

And the Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic - Paperback

by Randy Shilts
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by Randy Shilts (Author)

Upon its first publication more than twenty years ago, And the Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigative reporting.

An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat. One of the few true modern classics, it changed and framed how AIDS was discussed in the following years. Now republished in a special 20th Anniversary edition, And the Band Played On remains one of the essential books of our time.

Author Biography

RANDY SHILTS was one of the first journalists to recognize AIDS as an important national issue and, in the early 1980s, he began to report on AIDS full time for the San Francisco Chronicle, making him the only journalist to do so. He was also the author of The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk and Conduct Unbecoming: Gay and Lesbians in the U.S. Military. Shilts died of AIDS-related complications in early 1994.

Number of Pages: 656
Dimensions: 1.65 x 8.28 x 5.52 IN
Publication Date: November 27, 2007
ISBN9780312374631
Author Randy Shilts
PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
GenreHealth & fitness, Education, and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2007
Edition20
LanguageENG- English
Pages656
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Randy Shilts was one of the first openly gay journalists hired at a major newspaper and worked for the San Francisco Chronicle for thirteen years. He died of AIDS in 1994 at his home in the Sonoma County redwoods in California. He was the author of several groundbreaking bestsellers, including And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (1987) and Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military (1993).

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