The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia

by Rod Janzen

Book Overview

The definitive account of Synanon.

On a fall day in 1978, Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz reached into his mailbox to collect his mail and was nearly killed. He was bitten by the four-foot-long rattlesnake that had been put there by members of a cultlike group called Synanon.

Chuck Dederich--a former Alcoholics Anonymous member who coined the phrase "Today is the first day of the rest of your life"--established Synanon as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421448106
• ISBN13: 9781421448107
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"