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Cult city : Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 days that shook San Francisco / Daniel J. Flynn.

Summary:

"In November 1978, the Reverend Jim Jones orchestrated the murders and suicides of 918 people at a remote jungle outpost in South America. Days later, Harvey Milk, one of America's first openly gay elected officials--and a vocal supporter of Jim Jones--isassassinated in San Francisco's City Hall. Almost immediately, the lives and deaths of Jim Jones and Harvey Milk became shrouded in myth. Now, forty years later, this book, the product of a decade of research, including extensive archival work and dozensof exclusive interviews, clarifies our understanding."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781610171519
ISBN: 1610171519
Physical Description: 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"A struggle against oppression" -- "Ever westward" -- "I saw that he had powers" -- "Harvey Milk is a nut" -- "To Harvey Milk, a good friend" -- "I think they stole the election" -- "It was very freaky" -- "A leopard never changes its spots" -- "Grass, gays, and godlessness" -- "Such greatness I have found at Jim Jones' Peoples' Temple" -- "He Didn't like betrayal" -- "Let's get the fuck out of here" -- "We committed an act of revolutionary suicide" -- "I hope Dan White's got an alibi" -- "We do not engage in sanitizing the facts."