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My Own Country is a 1994 autobiographical work by physician and educator Abraham Verghese. It documents his time as a young physician for infectious diseases while working in Johnson City, Tennessee during the 1980’s. At the time, the AIDS epidemic had yet to emerge as a critical event, and Verghese became by default the city’s AIDS expert ...
May 1, 1994 · A grim reproof to all who want to deny that AIDS has arrived in America's heartland. For five years in the late 1980s, Verghese was an infectious- diseases specialist in Johnson City, a town in northeastern Tennessee; in that time he saw his AIDS patient load soar from 1 to more than 80. AIDS was brought to Johnson City by way of New York, San Francisco, Miami, and elsewhere by prodigal gay ...
My Own Country (1998) 6.7 (371)-R-1h 35min. Where to watch Watch for free Episodes Synopsis Trailers Why to watch Streaming Charts What to know Production News ...
Apr 25, 1995 · Books. My Own Country: A Doctor's Story, Volume 496. Abraham Verghese. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Apr 25, 1995 - Biography & Autobiography - 448 pages. From the author of The Covenant of Water and New York Times bestseller Cutting for Stone: a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears ...
Jun 27, 2024 · 1. Learn about your country. It makes sense to learn about your country before you go off making a new one. 2. Make your plans. Write what its name is, The capital (s), State or province names, Language (s). You can think about it. If possible make a custom National flag, song (s), anthem (s), symbol (s). 3.
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The memoir and first book from the author of the beloved New York Times bestseller Cutting for Stone.Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an “urban problem” had arrived in the town to ...
