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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.

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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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A thousand lives: the untold story of hope, deception, and survival at Jonestown
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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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New York
Other Titles
Untold story of hope, deception, and survival at Jonestown

Classifications

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

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

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