num_pages: 244
description: 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 PeaveyProphet without honor: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple in Mendocino County / Thomas MacMillanNotes on Peoples Temple / Carlton GoodlettRace, religion and belief in San Francisco / Donneter and John LaneCoercion, control and mass suicide / Chris HatcherA light at the end of the tunnel / Garry L. ScarffTogether we stood, divided we fell / B. Alethia OrsotThe emergency relief committee / Donneter Lane, Malcolm Sparer and John O'ConnorAfter Jonestown: survivors of Peoples Temple / Chris HatcherReflections on the Human Freedom Center / Lowell StreikerWe cannot forget our own / Jynona M. NorwoodThe death of two daughters: grieving and remembering / Barbara MooreJonestown, Guyana 1988 / Hugh VandeyarLife ten years after Jonestown: the Peoples Temple legacy / Kathy BarbourJonestown: catalyst for social change / Robert B. Moore
language: English
title: The Need for a Second Look at Jonestown
titlecomplete: The Need for a Second Look at Jonestown
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr