Ghosts of St. Vincent's

Ghosts of St. Vincent's

"Before the entitled lived here exclusively, the marginalized died in droves." Founded in 1849 to care for indigent immigrants in Greenwich Village, St. Vincentâ€™s Hospital was sold in 2010 to create multi-million-dollar homes. In its 161 years of existence, the legendary institution treated survivors of the Titanic, tended to victims of both World Trade Center attacks, and served as Ground Zero of the AIDS Crisis. With honesty, humor, and flights of historical fancy, GHOSTS OF ST. VINCENTâ€™S tells the hospitalâ€™s story through the eyes of a man who spent a winter on its 7th floor AIDS ward and survived just in time for the drug â€œcocktailâ€ that saved so many lives. Featuring appearances by indomitable icons (from Edna St. Vincent Millay to Robert Mapplethorpe, Sidney Lumet to Vito Russo, Ed Koch and The Ramones), GHOSTS OF ST. VINCENTâ€™S explores coming out and coming back from the dead, gender fluidity and gentrification, the price of forgiveness, the cost of survival, and the ephemeral nature of New York City.
Country USA
Author Tom Eubanks
Binding Paperback
EAN 9780692846421
Edition 1
ISBN 0692846425
Label TOMUS
Manufacturer TOMUS
NumberOfPages 234
PublicationDate 2017-03-29
Publisher TOMUS
Studio TOMUS
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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