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And the Band Played On

Randy Shilts

Follow patients, clinicians, activists, and researchers through the early AIDS epidemic, and see how delayed decisions about funding, prevention, blood safety, and reporting shaped its toll.

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60 parts, about 60 minutes to read.

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Author
Randy Shilts
Parts
60 parts
Reading time
about 60 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Prologue1 min
  2. 1. The Feast of the Hearts1 min
  3. 2. Glory Days1 min
  4. 3. Beaches of the Dispossessed1 min
  5. 4. Foreshadowing1 min
  6. 5. Freeze Frames1 min
  7. 6. Critical Mass1 min
  8. 7. Good Intentions1 min
  9. 8. The Prettiest One1 min
  10. 9. Ambush Poppers1 min
  11. 10. Golf Courses of Science1 min
  12. 11. Bad Moon Rising1 min
  13. 12. Enemy Time1 min
  14. 13. Patient Zero1 min
  15. 14. Bicentennial Memories1 min
  16. 15. Nightsweats1 min
  17. 16. Too Much Blood1 min
  18. 17. Entropy1 min
  19. 18. Running on Empty1 min
  20. 19. Forced Feeding1 min
  21. 20. Dirty Secrets1 min
  22. 21. Dancing in the Dark1 min
  23. 22. Let It Bleed1 min
  24. 23. Midnight Confessions1 min
  25. 24. Denial1 min
  26. 25. Anger1 min
  27. 26. The Big Enchilada1 min
  28. 27. Turning Points1 min
  29. 28. Only the Good1 min
  30. 29. Priorities1 min
  31. 30. Meanwhile1 min
  32. 31. AIDSpeak Spoken Here1 min
  33. 32. Star Quality1 min
  34. 33. Marathons1 min
  35. 34. Just Another Day1 min
  36. 35. Politics1 min
  37. 36. Science1 min
  38. 37. Public Health1 min
  39. 38. Journalism1 min
  40. 39. People1 min
  41. 40. Prisoners1 min
  42. 41. Bargaining1 min
  43. 42. The Feast of the Hearts, Part II1 min
  44. 43. Squeeze Play1 min
  45. 44. Traitors1 min
  46. 45. Political Science1 min
  47. 46. Downbound Train1 min
  48. 47. Republicans and Democrats1 min
  49. 48. Embarrassed1 min
  50. 49. Depression1 min
  51. 50. The War1 min
  52. 51. Heterosexuals1 min
  53. 52. Exiles1 min
  54. 53. Reckoning1 min
  55. 54. Exposed1 min
  56. 55. Awakening1 min
  57. 56. Acceptance1 min
  58. 57. Endgame1 min
  59. 58. Reunion1 min
  60. 59. The Feast of the Hearts, Part III1 min

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