{"product_id":"a-town-without-pity-aids-race-and-resistance-in-floridas-deep-south-paperback","title":"A Town without Pity: AIDS, Race, and Resistance in Florida's Deep South - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Vuic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo heartbreaking tales of small-town\u003cbr\u003einjustice revealing America's struggles with AIDS and racial bias in the 1980s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the\u003cbr\u003e1980s, the tiny town of Arcadia, Florida, was \"fifty miles and fifty years from\u003cbr\u003eSarasota.\" With its cowboy roots, low-wage agricultural industries, and violent\u003cbr\u003efrontier history, Arcadia was a curious mix of the desolate ranchlands of West\u003cbr\u003eTexas and the stately homes and bitter race relations of the South. In \u003ci\u003eA\u003cbr\u003eTown without Pity\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author Jason Vuic recounts two\u003cbr\u003eheartbreaking stories from Arcadia that rose to national prominence at the end\u003cbr\u003eof the Reagan era and forced the town to reckon with not only AIDS hysteria but also the legacies of a racist past. \u003cbr\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003ebook delves into the case of James Richardson, a Black migrant worker accused in\u003cbr\u003e1967 of poisoning his seven children. Richardson spent twenty years in prison\u003cbr\u003edue to suppressed evidence for a crime he didn't commit. Vuic also tells the\u003cbr\u003estory of the public mistreatment of the three Ray brothers, white school-age children\u003cbr\u003ewith hemophilia who contracted the HIV virus from a tainted medicine called\u003cbr\u003efactor VIII. The Rays were barred from attending their local church and school, \u003cbr\u003eand when their house burned down in a mysterious arson, reporters dubbed\u003cbr\u003eArcadia the \"town without pity.\"\u003cbr\u003eThrough\u003cbr\u003eextensive use of newspapers, court records, and interviews, Vuic shows how the\u003cbr\u003eactions of authorities and residents left little room for the voices that spoke\u003cbr\u003eup against bias, harassment, and coercion. At the same time, this cautionary\u003cbr\u003etale places Arcadia as a microcosm of many small towns in the late twentieth-century\u003cbr\u003eUnited States, reminding readers of the staying power of social divisions and\u003cbr\u003eprejudice even after the achievements of the civil rights movement.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.03 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978316316973,"sku":"9780813081175","price":29.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/sSkzxOijto9780813081175.webp?v=1775801588","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-town-without-pity-aids-race-and-resistance-in-floridas-deep-south-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}