Stories from Jonestown
By: Leigh Fondakowski
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780816678082; 9780816678099
Subjects: Cults; Peoples Temple; History
Description: Survivors of the 1978 Jonestown massacre discuss what drew them to the People's Temple cult and the lasting effects of that fateful November day on their lives.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Days in November; title: Lost voices; title: List of interviews included in Stories from Jonestown; title: Collect all the tapes, all the writing, all the history; title: Nobody was paying attention; title: I was his son; title: My button was fear; title: Jonestown vortex; title: A godly life; title: A man of his word; title: The air they breathed; title: Eternally grateful; title: Until we meet again; title: Take the city today; title: Too black; title: Homicide is suicide; title: We all participated; title: Sole survivor; title: Hundreds of kids; title: This is big; title: Waylaid; title: Stigmata; title: The dream; title: To whom much is given; title: Sixty-seven cents; title: Nefarious; title: We were rising; title: The basis of a book; title: Beyond truth; title: It's no mystery; title: The promised land; title: What a place for them; title: Exodus; title: That's Jonestown; title: Perfect religion; title: Trapped; title: Second chance; title: The ones who got away; title: The known dead; title: My children are there; title: Conspiracist; title: Target practice; title: Undetermined; title: Something to gain; title: Legacy; title: I won't say anniversary; title: A bittersweet gift; title: After; title: The 918 deaths of November 18, 1978; title: Acknowledgments; title: Index.