The need for a second look at Jonestown

Remembering its people

  • 0 Ratings
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read
Not in Library

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 0 Ratings
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
July 24, 2024 | History

The need for a second look at Jonestown

Remembering its people

  • 0 Ratings
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

A collection of fifteen essays by persons who were touched in some way by the mass deaths in Guyana. The volume includes reflections by former Peoples Temple members, insights by psychologists and counselors, and confessions by relatives vividly reveal what happened to individuals in the decade following November 18, 1978.

Contents:
A San Francisco activist remembers / Fran Peavey
Prophet without honor: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple in Mendocino County / Thomas MacMillan
Notes on Peoples Temple / Carlton Goodlett
Race, religion and belief in San Francisco / Donneter and John Lane
Coercion, control and mass suicide / Chris Hatcher
A light at the end of the tunnel / Garry L. Scarff
Together we stood, divided we fell / B. Alethia Orsot
The emergency relief committee / Donneter Lane, Malcolm Sparer and John O'Connor
After Jonestown: survivors of Peoples Temple / Chris Hatcher
Reflections on the Human Freedom Center / Lowell Streiker
We cannot forget our own / Jynona M. Norwood
The death of two daughters: grieving and remembering / Barbara Moore
Jonestown, Guyana 1988 / Hugh Vandeyar
Life ten years after Jonestown: the Peoples Temple legacy / Kathy Barbour
Jonestown: catalyst for social change / Robert B. Moore

Publish Date
Publisher
E. Mellen Press
Language
English
Pages
244

Buy this book

Edition Availability
Cover of: The need for a second look at Jonestown
The need for a second look at Jonestown: Remembering its people
1989, E. Mellen Press
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Lewiston, NY, USA
Series
Studies in American religion ;

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
289.9
Library of Congress
BP605.P46 N44 1989, BP605.P46 P44 1989

The Physical Object

Pagination
244 p. ;
Number of pages
244

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2056177M
ISBN 10
0889466491
LCCN
88034530
OCLC/WorldCat
476998955, 18948340
Goodreads
853804

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
July 24, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
December 23, 2023 Edited by Star Squirrel Edited without comment.
January 9, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
January 16, 2022 Edited by Star Squirrel Added new cover
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from Scriblio MARC record