Jonestown Survivor: An Insider's Look (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781450220965)

Laura Johnston Kohl was a teen activist working to integrate public facilities in the Washington, D.C., area. She actively fought for civil rights and free speech, and against the Vietnam War throughout the 1960s. After trying to effect change single-handedly, she found she needed more hands. She joined Peoples Temple in 1970, living and working in the progressive religious movement in both California and Guyana. A fluke saved her from the mass murders and suicides on November 18, 1978, when 913 of her beloved friends died in Jonestown.

Soon after this, Synanon, a residential community, helped her gradually affirm life. In 1991, she got to work, finished her studies, and became a public school teacher. On the 20th anniversary of the deaths in Jonestown, she looked up fellow survivors of the Jonestown tragedy and they have worked to put the jigsaw puzzle together that was Peoples Temple. Her perspective has evolved as new facts have cleared up mysteries and she has had time to reflect. Her mission continues to be to acknowledge, write about, and speak about why the members joined Peoples Temple, why they went to Guyana, and who they were. She lives with her family in San Diego.

Author: Johnston Kohl Laura Johnston Kohl, Laura Johnston Kohl
ISBN-10: 1450220967
ISBN-13: 9781450220965
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 03/18/2010
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d