The need for a second look at Jonestown

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 Peavey Prophet without honor: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple in Mendocino County / Thomas MacMillan Notes on Peoples Temple / Carlton Goodlett Race, religion and belief in San Francisco / Donneter and John Lane Coercion, control and mass suicide / Chris Hatcher A light at the end of the tunnel / Garry L. Scarff Together we stood, divided we fell / B. Alethia Orsot The emergency relief committee / Donneter Lane, Malcolm Sparer and John O'Connor After Jonestown: survivors of Peoples Temple / Chris Hatcher Reflections on the Human Freedom Center / Lowell Streiker We cannot forget our own / Jynona M. Norwood The death of two daughters: grieving and remembering / Barbara Moore Jonestown, Guyana 1988 / Hugh Vandeyar Life ten years after Jonestown: the Peoples Temple legacy / Kathy Barbour Jonestown: catalyst for social change / Robert B. Moore