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The Gravest Show on Earth: America in the Age of AIDS Hardcover – October 23, 1995

by Elinor Burkett (Author)

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Not since And the Band Played On has any journalist taken readers behind the scenes in the war against AIDS to reveal how avarice, ignorance, and egotism are subverting the nation's struggle against the epidemic. Elinor Burkett goes beyond Randy Shilts, reporting on aspects of the plague he did not cover and finding answers to the deeper questions of what AIDS reveals about America on the brink of the millennium. Readers meet the major players - from activist and playwright Larry Kramer to scientist Robert Gallo and MTV star Pedro Zamora - at home, in their laboratories, and at demonstrations. Here are Jonas Salk, world renowned medical researcher, whose carefully timed announcements about his vaccine research have made him the darling of Wall Street; Henry Heimlich, peddling malaria as the magic bullet that will kill HIV; and federally funded scientists who make advertorials for the very drug companies whose products they test. Burkett goes into the street for a political funeral and

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Hardcover: 399 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; 1 edition (October 23, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0395745373
ISBN-13: 978-0395745373
Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,493,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #565 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diseases & Physical Ailments > AIDS
- #1973 in Books > Medical Books > Administration & Medicine Economics > Health Policy
- #5893 in Books > Medical Books > Administration & Medicine Economics > Health Care Delivery

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Great book especially in these times of scary-ass deadly disease ...

By Pen Name on September 29, 2014

Format: Hardcover

Great book especially in these times of scary-ass deadly disease must read how not to handle a man made disaster.

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The Gravest Show on Earth

By Sergei Kap on July 9, 2005

Format: Paperback

The Gravest Show on earth is in a long line of books denouncing the AIDS/HIV connection, if read in that way. It is highly entertaining, informative, stylish, and unfortunately very necessary Ten Years after being published.

Interesting that no one has yet reviewed this book, which goes to say that, again unfortunately, hardly anyone still knows.

Read it for the laughter, read it for the cheer.

Judgment day commeth, and although it might not commeth right soon, when and if it does...The earth will shake, not only for ROBERT GALLO and Co., but for every iota of American hubris that abounds.

This is a masterwork of investigative journalism.

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Educational Tool

By Linda Potkovic on July 17, 2013

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Great educational tool for my students at University of Central Florida in Orlando., , class HSC3593 - HIV Disease: A Human Concern.

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The Magical World of Hugh Shurley's Creativity

By Grady Harp HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on October 2, 2010

Hugh Shurley has long been admired as one of the more interesting photographic artists practicing today. His works are photographs but are manipulated /enhanced with collage, allowing him to deal with reality but at the same time to apparently alter reality with bizarre elements that speak to the emotions of the viewer. This book of his photographs may be difficult to find but the search is well worth it. The images here are only a small sampling of his output, but the concepts of how he achieves such emotionally riveting images are evident.

To quote the artist: 'Standing alone, a photo is quite literally just a snapshot in time. It's often difficult to get a sense of real-world history that led to the moment captured in a picture, or of what you might see if you could ever look more deeply into the background of a single image. While most photographers try to capture just an instant, a collage artist will typically cut, edit, and re-work a body of images to create wholly new "instances" - often with very different meaning than the originals.... Each assemblage is a unique, hand-built, three-dimensional construction that conveys a simple impression, but also opens up a range of deeper interpretations, stories, and meanings that become apparent when you look carefully into them and through them.' (from the artist's website).

Hugh Shurley demands our attention. The viewer cannot simply glance at these images, but instead will embed them in the mind for gradual decoding of the mysteries that they convey. Grady Harp, October 10