Stories from Jonestown

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Survivors of the 1978 Jonestown massacre discuss what drew them to the People's Temple cult and the lasting effects of that fateful November day on their lives.

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Full title :Stories from Jonestown / Leigh Fondakowski.

Summary

Survivors of the 1978 Jonestown massacre discuss what drew them to the People's Temple cult and the lasting effects of that fateful November day on their lives.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Minnesota Press
Place of Publication:Minneapolis
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xxii, 350 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780816678082, 0816678081, 9780816678099, 081667809X
oclc:ocn788273981
LC Classification:BP605.P46
Dewey Decimal:988.103/2

Two days in November -- Lost voices -- List of interviews included in Stories from Jonestown -- Part I. Collect all the tapes, all the writing, all the history. Nobody was paying attention -- I was his son -- My button was fear -- Jonestown vortex -- A godly life -- A man of his word -- The air they breathed -- Eternally grateful -- Part II. Until we meet again. Take the city today -- Too black -- Homicide is suicide -- We all participated -- Sole survivor -- Hundreds of kids -- This is big -- Waylaid -- Stigmata -- The dream -- Part III. To whom much is given. Sixty-seven cents -- Nefarious -- We were rising -- The basis of a book -- Beyond truth -- It's no mystery -- Part IV. The promised land. What a place for them -- Exodus -- That's Jonestown -- Perfect religion -- Trapped -- Second chance -- Part V. Those who got away. The known dead -- My children are there -- Conspiracist -- Target practice -- Undetermined -- Something to gain -- Legacy -- I won't say anniversary -- A bittersweet gift -- After -- The 918 deaths of November 18, 1978.