The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Guinn, Jeff - Very Good
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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9781476763828
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1476763828
ISBN-13
9781476763828
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228617196
Product Key Features
Book Title
Road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
Number of Pages
544 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Murder / General, United States / 20th Century, Criminals & Outlaws
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
27.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-051471
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Guinn is a master storyteller with a unique expertise in murderous psychotics. The book reads like a thriller, each page forcing your attention to the next as the Peoples Temple slowly slides from groundbreaking progressivism toward madness., A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable prey. . . . Generates a bizarre -- dare I say Manson-like? -- magnetic force that pulls the reader through its many pages. Noir thriller morphs into horror story., "A vivid, fascinating revisitation of a time and series of episodes fast receding into history even as their forgotten survivors still walk among us." , "Jeff Guinn offers what might be the most complete picture to date of this tragic saga, and of the man who engineered it. . . . The result is a disturbing portrait of evil -- and a compassionate memorial to those taken in by Jones' malign charisma." , A powerful account of Jones's life. . . . Guinn's blow-by-blow account of Jonestown's final days in the book's last chapters is riveting., Magisterial. . . . Guinn's exhaustive research, shrewd analysis, and engaging prose illuminate a monstrous yet tragic figure--and the motives of those who lost their souls to him., I have to say that it is weird to find out the background of things that I grew up hearing about around the dinner table. The level of research and detail in The Road to Jonestown is the best ever, and really lets readers understand not only what happened, but how and why. This book tells the Jim Jones story better than anything I have read to date., Jeff Guinn offers what might be the most complete picture to date of this tragic saga, and of the man who engineered it. . . . The result is a disturbing portrait of evil -- and a compassionate memorial to those taken in by Jones' malign charisma., A vivid, fascinating revisitation of a time and series of episodes fast receding into history even as their forgotten survivors still walk among us., "A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable prey. . . . Generates a bizarre -- dare I say Manson-like? -- magnetic force that pulls the reader through its many pages. Noir thriller morphs into horror story."
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
289.9
Synopsis
2018 Edgar Award Finalist--Best Fact Crime By the New York Times bestselling author of Manson , the comprehensive, authoritative, and tragic story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre--the largest murder-suicide in American history. In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially integrated, and he was a much-lauded leader in the contemporary civil rights movement. Eventually, Jones moved his church, Peoples Temple, to northern California. He became involved in electoral politics, and soon was a prominent Bay Area leader. In this riveting narrative, Jeff Guinn examines Jones's life, from his extramarital affairs, drug use, and fraudulent faith healing to the fraught decision to move almost a thousand of his followers to a settlement in the jungles of Guyana in South America. Guinn provides stunning new details of the events leading to the fatal day in November, 1978 when more than nine hundred people died--including almost three hundred infants and children--after being ordered to swallow a cyanide-laced drink. Guinn examined thousands of pages of FBI files on the case, including material released during the course of his research. He traveled to Jones's Indiana hometown, where he spoke to people never previously interviewed, and uncovered fresh information from Jonestown survivors. He even visited the Jonestown site with the same pilot who flew there the day that Congressman Leo Ryan was murdered on Jones's orders. The Road to Jonestown is the definitive book about Jim Jones and the events that led to the tragedy at Jonestown., A comprehensive, authoritatve story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the largest murder-suicide in American history.
LC Classification Number
BP605.P46
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- u***n (3135)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBeautiful condition. I wanted to buy this book about five years ago, but it was $30+, and I couldn’t afford it. Don’t remember exactly how much this copy cost but around $7 I think, and more than well worth the money. Thanks!
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