How to Survive a Plague
The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
by David France
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Lgbtq, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
The definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic from the creator of, and inspired by, the seminal documentary How to Survive a Plague. A riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, many of them in a lifeordeath struggle, who seized upon scientific research to help develop the drugs th...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Lgbtq, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
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Anderson Cooper
“Just finished amazing new book @ByDavidFrance #HowToSurviveAPlague about heroes who stood up in the early days of hiv/aids. So inspiring!!”
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