A thousand lives : the untold story of hope, deception, and survival at Jonestown
Title:
A thousand lives : the untold story of hope, deception, and survival at Jonestown
Author:
Scheeres, Julia.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Free Press hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Free Press, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
An adventure -- Church -- The valley -- Dad -- Edith -- Traitors -- Exodus -- Pioneers -- Promised land -- Georgetown -- Siege -- Bullets -- Runaways -- Concern -- Control -- Release -- Drill -- Hyacinth -- Relatives -- The embassy -- Psychotropics -- Escape -- Chaos -- November -- Ryan -- The end.
Subject Term:
ISBN:
9781416596394
Format :
Book
