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Paradise, Incorporated -- Synanon: A Personal Account
by Gerstel, David U
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear t
- ISBN 10
- 0891411127
- ISBN 13
- 9780891411123
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Novato, California: Presidio Press, 1982. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear to boards and block, light age toning. Pages are otherwise clean and clear.). Black boards with silver spine lettering; silver dj with black and white lettering; mylar cover; x, 288 pp. "In this narrative, David Gerstel weaves together accounts of the major events in Synanon's history, vivid descriptions of its founder and other leading personalities in action and scenes from life in its communal enclaves."- dj. contents include: Los Angeles County courthouse, July 15, 1980 -- The tip of the arrow, October 10, 1969 -- The game -- In the pots -- Synanon I, Synanon II -- Happiness is an act of will -- We act in concert -- Apprentice to the founder -- The dirty double dozen -- Synanon City -- The wealth of the world -- The parallel revolution -- Dad's Root Beer -- Synanon III -- Back in the U.S.A. -- Getting religion -- Sacred ground -- The squeeze -- The first saint -- A little emotional surgery -- The holy war -- The old man.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 185062
- Title
- Paradise, Incorporated -- Synanon: A Personal Account
- Author
- Gerstel, David U
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0891411127
- ISBN 13
- 9780891411123
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Place of Publication
- Novato, California
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- American History ; Synanon Foundation ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - American;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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