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© 2016 by Jerald Walker
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Text design and composition by Kim Arney
Jacket design: Bob Kosturko
Jacket art: iStockphoto
This is a true story. The names of many of the persons mentioned, as well as some details and events surrounding them, have been modified to protect their privacy.
A segment of this work originally appeared in River Teeth as the essay “Captain Love.”
Most Bible passages were quoted from the English Standard Version.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Walker, Jerald.
Title: The world in flames : a black boyhood in a white supremacist doomsday cult / Jerald Walker.
Description: Boston : Beacon Press, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015034830 |
ISBN 9780807027509 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780807027516 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Walker, Jerald. | Worldwide Church of God—Biography.
Classification: LCC BX6193.W235 A3 2016 | DDC 289.9—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015034830