The road to Jonestown
Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Word Count
132,750 words, Guess
Page Count
531 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveroadtojonestownj0000guin
- ISBN-101476763828
- ISBN-139781476763828
- Library of Congress Control Number2016051471
- OCLC Control Number952647617
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27231016M
Classifications
- DDC289.9
- LCCBP605.P46 G85 2017
Description
In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially integrated, and he was active in the civil rights movement. Jones moved his church, Peoples Temple, to California and soon was a prominent Bay Area leader. Jeff Guinn examines Jones's life, from his affairs, drug use, and fraudulent faith healing to the decision to move almost a thousand of his followers to the jungles of Guyana. New details emerge of the events leading to the day in November, 1978, when more than nine hundred people died after being ordered to swallow a cyanide-laced drink.
Description
A portrait of the cult leader behind the Jonestown Massacre examines his personal life, from his extramarital affairs and drug use to his fraudulent faith healing practices and his decision to move his followers to Guyana, sharing new details about the events leading to the 1978 tragedy.
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