Dear People: Remembering Jonestown
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About this book
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 livesincluding those of Congressman Leo J. Ryan and several journaliststhe 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 documentsmany published here for the first timeto bring this inexplicable event into a very personal and human perspective. -Coincides with the premiere of the new play "The Peoples Temple" by writer/director Leigh Fondakowski (The Laramie Project)
