| Edition |
First Free Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-292) and index. |
| Contents |
An adventure -- Church -- Redwood valley -- "Dad" -- Edith -- Traitors -- Exodus -- Pioneers -- The promised land -- Georgetown -- Siege -- Bullets to kill bumblebees -- Runaways -- Concern -- Control -- Release -- Drill -- Hyacinth -- Stanley -- Relatives -- The embassy -- Control -- Escape -- Chaos -- November -- Ryan -- End -- Bodies -- Survivors. |
| Summary |
What started as a Utopian dream soon devolved into a terrifying work camp run by a madman, ending in the mass murder-suicide of 914 members in November 1978. |
| Subject |
Jones, Jim, 1931-1978.
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Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978.
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Suicide victims -- Guyana -- Jonestown.
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Peoples Temple.
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| ISBN |
9781416596394: $26.00 |
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1416596399 |
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