How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS

by David France

Book Overview

One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Decade

A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible story of the grassroots activists whose work turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Almost universally ignored, these men and women learned to become their own researchers, lobbyists, and drug smugglers, established their own newspapers and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307745430
• ISBN13: 9780307745439
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"