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A thousand lives

the untold story of hope, deception, and survival at Jonestown

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

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An edition of A thousand lives (2011)

A thousand lives

the untold story of hope, deception, and survival at Jonestown

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 13 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

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.

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Publisher
Free Press
Language
English
Pages
307

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Subjects
Mass suicide, Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978, Peoples Temple, History, Jonestown Mass Suicide (Guyana : 1978) fast (OCoLC)fst01709835
People
Jim Jones (1931-1978)
Places
Guyana, Jonestown (Guyana), San Francisco (Calif.), Indianapolis (Ind.)
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Cover of: A thousand lives
A thousand lives: the untold story of hope, deception, and survival at Jonestown
2011, Free Press
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Table of Contents

1. An adventure Page 1 2. Church Page 5 3. Redwood Valley Page 14 4. "Dad" Page 23 5. Edith Page 29 6. Traitors Page 39 7. Exodus Page 48 8. Pioneers Page 59 9. The promised land Page 71 10. Georgetown Page 81 11. Siege Page 87 12. Bullets to kill bumblebees Page 100 13. Runaways Page 106 14. Concern Page 114 15. Control Page 125 16. Release Page 136 17. Drill Page 143 18. Hyacinth Page 153 19. Stanley Page 157 20. Relatives Page 162 21. The Embassy Page 168 22. Control Page 174 23. Escape Page 184 24. Chaos Page 189 25. November Page 200 26. Ryan Page 206 27. End Page 223 28. Bodies Page 235 29. Survivors Page 240

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-292) and index.

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Other Titles
Untold story of hope, deception, and survival at Jonestown

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Dewey Decimal Class
289.9
Library of Congress
BP605.P46 S34 2011

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xii, 307 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
307
Dimensions
9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.08 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25161972M
Internet Archive
thousandlivesunt00sche_0
ISBN 10
1416596399, 145162896X
ISBN 13
9781416596394, 9781451628968
LCCN
2011012169
OCLC/WorldCat
709673140

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