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Dear people

remembering Jonestown

by Denice Stephenson

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An edition of Dear people (2005)

Dear people

remembering Jonestown

by Denice Stephenson

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More than a quarter of a century after the fall of Peoples Temple, in which the world witnessed the devastating loss of over nine hundred lives - including those of Congressman Leo J. Ryan and several journalists - the tragedy of Jonestown continues to mystify. In a sensitive account that traces the rise and fall of the idealistic community movement that preceded the deaths at Jonestown, Denice Stephenson uses letters, oral histories, journal entries, and other original documents - many published here for the first time - to bring this inexplicable event into a very personal and human perspective.

Publish Date

2005

Publisher

California Historical Society Press

Language

English

Pages

171

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Page ix

Preface

Page xi

Martin Carter, from "I Come from the Nigger Yard"

Page xiii

"Last Words"

Page xv

J. Brown, mailgram to President Carter

Page xix

Part One. Editorials and Commentary in the Aftermath of Jonestown

Part Two. Beginning in Indiana and Onward to California

Marceline Jones, letter to Lynetta Jones

Jim Jones, from "As a Man Thinketh, So He Is," in Herald of Faith

Marceline Jones, from "Jim Jones as Seen through the Eyes of Those He Loved"

Hyacinth Thrash, from "With Jim in Indianapolis," in The Onliest One Alive

Stephan Jones, from "We All Made the Move"

Jack Beam, "History of the Church in California"

Hyacinth Thrash, from "Following Jim to California," in The Onliest One Alive

Patricia Cartmell, from "No Haloes Please"

Temple Reporter, "Chimp in the Valley"

"Guide for the Hostess"

Part Three. Seekers, Believers, and Gatherers

Jim Jones, from "Who Are the Real Radicals?"

Personal histories: Janice Wilsey, Christine Renee Lucientes, Henry Mercer, Carol Stahl, Cynthia Davis, Amanda Poindexter, Dick Tropp, Annie Moore, Shabaka Baker

Marceline Jones, letter to Jim Jones

Marceline Jones, holographicv will

Jim Jones, from a sermon given in Redwood Valley

Salute to Compatriot Don

Vera Washington, "Reflections on Leaving the Temple"

from the Gang of Eight letter to Jim Jones

Jim Jones, from a sermon given in Philadelphia

Part Four. On a Mission in Guyana, South America

David Betts Jackson, "Settin' around Here Free This Morning"

Deputy Chief of Mission John Blacken, memo to U.S. Secretary of State

Maria Katsaris, letters from Guyana

Jim Jones, from Jim's Commentary about Himself

Marceline Jones, from a letter to Jim Jones

Dick Tropp, from "Who are the People of Jonestown?"

from "Instructions from JJ'

from "Follow-up Notes from Peoples Rally"

Self-Analyses and Self-Evaluations: Zipporah Edwards, Harriet S. Tropp, Christine Miller

Guyana Chronicle, "Peoples Temple Show: A Success!"

Concerned Relatives, "This Nightmare Is Taking Place Right Now"

"Victims of Conspiracy"

State Department Information Sheets

Notes, Letters, and Memos:

Marceline Jones, from a memo to Jim Jones

Eugene Chaiken, letter to Jim Jones

Harriet S. Tropp, from "The Uglification of Jonestown"

Lovie Jean Lucas, two notes

Marceline Jones, letter to Jim Jones

Eugene Chaiken, from "The USSR Possible Settlement Locations, Geography, and Climate"

Carolyn Layton, from "Analysis of Future Prospects"

Congressman Leo J. Ryan, letter to Jim Jones

Jim Jones, from "Reading and Commentary of the News Today"

Part Five: The Day of Departure and Death.

J. Evans, from Deposition, Peoples Temple v. Attorney General of California

Richard A. Dwyer, from "Report on CODEL Ryan's Visit to Jonestown and Subsequent Murder"

Jonestown community, November 18, 1978, transcript

Part Six: A Community Lost.

Rebecca Moore, journal entries

Hyacinth Thrash, from "End Times in Jonestown," in The Onliest One Alive

James T. McIntyre, letter to Senator John Sparkman

The Black Panther, "The Jonestown Coverup"

J. Evans, from Deposition, Peoples Temple v. Attorney General of California

Michael Carter, "Drinking the Kool-Aid"

Tim Carter, from "The Big Grey"

Melody Ermachild, "Jonestown: Frozen In Time"

Peoples Temple Chronology

Note on Graphics

About the Editor

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in: San Francisco, Calif
Genre: Sources.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class: 289.9
Library of Congress: BP605.P46 D44 2005

The Physical Object

Format: Paperback
Pagination: p. cm.
Number of pages: 171

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Open Library: OL3300747M
Internet Archive: dearpeoplerememb0000unse
ISBN 10: 1597140023
LCCN: 2004030043
OCLC/WorldCat: 57357518
Library Thing: 1028919
Goodreads: 470320

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