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- Release Year
- 2011
- ISBN
- 9781416596394
- Book Title
- Thousand Lives : the Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Religion, History
- Topic
- Modern / 20th Century, Social History, Cults
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jones opened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. He was a charismatic preacher with idealistic beliefs, and he quickly filled his pews with an audience eager to hear his sermons on social justice. As Jones's behavior became erratic and his message more ominous, his followers leaned on each other to recapture the sense of equality that had drawn them to his church. But even as the congregation thrived, Jones made it increasingly difficult for members to leave. By the time Jones moved his congregation to a remote jungle in Guyana and the US government began to investigate allegations of abuse and false imprisonment in Jonestown, it was too late. A Thousand Lives is the story of Jonestown as it has never been told. New York Times bestselling author Julia Scheeres drew from tens of thousands of recently declassified FBI documents and audiotapes, as well as rare videos and interviews, to piece together an unprecedented and compelling history of the doomed camp, focusing on the people who lived there. The people who built Jonestown wanted to forge a better life for themselves and their children. In South America, however, they found themselves trapped in Jonestown and cut off from the outside world as their leader goaded them toward committing "revolutionary suicide" and deprived them of food, sleep, and hope. Vividly written and impossible to forget, A Thousand Lives is a story of blind loyalty and daring escapes, of corrupted ideals and senseless, haunting loss.
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Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
1416596399
ISBN-13
9781416596394
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109196704
Product Key Features
Book Title
Thousand Lives : the Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Modern / 20th Century, Social History, Cults
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
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"This the best book in a good long time on the dangers of fanatical faith, the power of group belief and lure of deep certainties. These demons that haunt the human mind can only be countered by facing them with courage and honesty this is precisely what Scheeres has done." --Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us, "Julia Scheeres' A Thousand Lives ... tells the tragic tale of Jonestown -- in its way, a peculiarly American apocalypse." -- L.A. Times, This the best book in a good long time on the dangers of fanatical faith, the power of group belief and lure of deep certainties. These demons that haunt the human mind can only be countered by facing them with courage and honesty this is precisely what Scheeres has done. -- Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us, "Scheeres shows great compassion and journalistic skill in reconstructing Jonestowns last months and the lives of many Temple members (including a few survivors)...[ A Thousand Lives is a] well-written, disturbing tale of faith and evil." -- Kirkus, I thought I knew the story of Jonestown, but in reading A Thousand Lives discovered that much of what I'd read and heard was pure myth. Through meticulous research, beautiful writing and great compassion, Scheeres presents an engrossing account of how Jim Jones' followers--eager parishioners who yearned for a more purposeful life and were willing to work for it--found themselves trapped in a nightmare of unfathomable proportions. This book serves as testimony to the seductiveness of religious fervor, and how in the wrong hands it can be used to nefarious ends. It is also a poignant and unforgettable tribute to those who lost their lives and to those few who survived. -- Allison Hoover Bartlett, author of the bestselling The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession, eoeI thought I knew the story of Jonestown, but in reading A Thousand Lives discovered that much of what I'd read and heard was pure myth. Through meticulous research, beautiful writing and great compassion, Scheeres presents an engrossing account of how Jim Jones' followers--eager parishioners who yearned for a more purposeful life and were willing to work for it--found themselves trapped in a nightmare of unfathomable proportions. This book serves as testimony to the seductiveness of religious fervor, and how in the wrong hands it can be used to nefarious ends. It is also a poignant and unforgettable tribute to those who lost their lives and to those few who survived.e -- Allison Hoover Bartlett, author of the bestselling The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession, "Scheeres shows great compassion and journalistic skill in reconstructing Jonestown's last months and the lives of many Temple members (including a few survivors)...[ A Thousand Lives is a] well-written, disturbing tale of faith and evil." -- Kirkus, "Scheeres shows great compassion and journalistic skill in reconstructing Jonestowne(tm)s last months and the lives of many Temple members (including a few survivors)...[ A Thousand Lives is a] well-written, disturbing tale of faith and evil." -- Kirkus, "Her account is notably levelheaded in a field where sensationalism, conspiracy theories and bizarre reasoning run free." -- Salon, "How do you tell a new story about Jim Jones and his followers, when everyone knows how it ends? ...Julia Scheeres' riveting A Thousand Lives gives us reason to look again. " -- Miami He rald, "The definitive book on Jonestown and the Danse Macabre of suicide and murder orchestrated by mad Jim Jones. Julia Sheeres takes us by the hand and leads us gently, inexorably, into the darkness." Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard, "I thought I knew the story of Jonestown, but in reading A Thousand Lives discovered that much of what I'd read and heard was pure myth. Through meticulous research, beautiful writing and great compassion, Scheeres presents an engrossing account of how Jim Jones' followers--eager parishioners who yearned for a more purposeful life and were willing to work for it--found themselves trapped in a nightmare of unfathomable proportions. This book serves as testimony to the seductiveness of religious fervor, and how in the wrong hands it can be used to nefarious ends. It is also a poignant and unforgettable tribute to those who lost their lives and to those few who survived." -- Allison Hoover Bartlett, author of the bestselling The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession, "How do you tell a new story about Jim Jones and his followers, when everyone knows how it ends? ...Julia Scheeres riveting A Thousand Lives gives us reason to look again. " -- Miami He rald, eoeThis the best book in a good long time on the dangers of fanatical faith, the power of group belief and lure of deep certainties. These demons that haunt the human mind can only be countered by facing them with courage and honesty e" this is precisely what Scheeres has done.e -- Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us, "A work of deep empathy for so many lives lost in the name of different shades of hope." -- L.A. Times, "Jonestown has become a grim metaphor for blind obediencefor fanaticism without regard to consequences. In the aptly titled A Thousand Lives , Julia Scheeres captures the humanity within this terrible story, vividly depicting individuals trapped in a vortex of hope and fear, faith and loss of faith, not to mention the changes sweeping America in the 1960s and '70s. She makes their journeys to that unfathomable tragedy all too ℜ what was truly incredible, she shows, was the escape from death by a tiny handful of survivors. Drawing on a mountain of sources compiled and recently released by the FBI, she changes forever the way we think about this dark chapter of our history." T.J. Stiles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbil t, The definitive book on Jonestown and the Danse Macabre of suicide and murder orchestrated by mad Jim Jones. Julia Scheeres takes us by the hand and leads us gently, inexorably, into the darkness. Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard, "The first solid history of the Temple...less a warning about the dangers of religosity than a clear headed chronology." -- San Francisco magazine, "The revelations of [ A Thousand Lives ] shine through our everyday relationships to war, our politics, our beliefs and our own actions. This is a strikingly relevant book ." -- San Francisco Sunday Chronicle Book Review, "The definitive book on Jonestown and the Danse Macabre of suicide and murder orchestrated by mad Jim Jones. Julia Scheeres takes us by the hand and leads us gently, inexorably, into the darkness." - Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard, "This the best book in a good long time on the dangers of fanatical faith, the power of group belief and lure of deep certainties. These demons that haunt the human mind can only be countered by facing them with courage and honesty this is precisely what Scheeres has done." -- Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us, This the best book in a good long time on the dangers of fanatical faith, the power of group belief and lure of deep certainties. These demons that haunt the human mind can only be countered by facing them with courage and honesty this is precisely what Scheeres has done. -- Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us, "Jonestown has become a grim metaphor for blind obedience-for fanaticism without regard to consequences. In the aptly titled A Thousand Lives , Julia Scheeres captures the humanity within this terrible story, vividly depicting individuals trapped in a vortex of hope and fear, faith and loss of faith, not to mention the changes sweeping America in the 1960s and '70s. She makes their journeys to that unfathomable tragedy all too real; what was truly incredible, she shows, was the escape from death by a tiny handful of survivors. Drawing on a mountain of sources compiled and recently released by the FBI, she changes forever the way we think about this dark chapter of our history." - T.J. Stiles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbil t, "A gripping account of how decent people can be taken in by a charismatic and crazed tyrant." -- New York Times Book Review, "How do you tell a new story about Jim Jones and his followers, when everyone knows how it ends? ...Julia Scheerese(tm) riveting A Thousand Lives gives us reason to look again. " -- Miami He rald, The definitive book on Jonestown and the Danse Macabre of suicide and murder orchestrated by mad Jim Jones. Julia Scheeres takes us by the hand and leads us gently, inexorably, into the darkness. Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard, "For those who can picture only the gory end of Jonestown, Julia Scheeres offers a heartbreaking and often inspiring glimpse of what might have been. Her masterfully told and exhaustively researched A Thousand Lives should stand not only as the definitive word on Jones' horrific machinations, but on the utopian dreams of a bygone generation. A worthy follow-up to her superb memoir, Jesus Land ." -- Tom Barbash, author of On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal, "Scheeres shows great compassion and journalistic skill in reconstructing Jonestown's last months and the lives of many Temple members (including a few survivors)...[A Thousand Lives is a] well-written, disturbing tale of faith and evil." -- Kirkus, "For those who can picture only the gory end of Jonestown, Julia Scheeres offers a heartbreaking and often inspiring glimpse of what might have been. Her masterfully told and exhaustively researched A Thousand Lives should stand not only as the definitive word on Jones' horrific machinations, but on the utopian dreams of a bygone generation. A worthy follow-up to her superb memoir, Jesus Land ." --Tom Barbash, author of On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal, "It is important to get a story like this out there and remind the public about it once in a while, so that history like this does not repeat itself." -- Gather.com, "Jonestown has become a grim metaphor for blind obedience--for fanaticism without regard to consequences. In the aptly titled A Thousand Lives , Julia Scheeres captures the humanity within this terrible story, vividly depicting individuals trapped in a vortex of hope and fear, faith and loss of faith, not to mention the changes sweeping America in the 1960s and '70s. She makes their journeys to that unfathomable tragedy all too real; what was truly incredible, she shows, was the escape from death by a tiny handful of survivors. Drawing on a mountain of sources compiled and recently released by the FBI, she changes forever the way we think about this dark chapter of our history." -- T.J. Stiles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbil t, "Jonestown has become a grim metaphor for blind obediencefor fanaticism without regard to consequences. In the aptly titled A Thousand Lives , Julia Scheeres captures the humanity within this terrible story, vividly depicting individuals trapped in a vortex of hope and fear, faith and loss of faith, not to mention the changes sweeping America in the 1960s and '70s. She makes their journeys to that unfathomable tragedy all too real; what was truly incredible, she shows, was the escape from death by a tiny handful of survivors. Drawing on a mountain of sources compiled and recently released by the FBI, she changes forever the way we think about this dark chapter of our history." T.J. Stiles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbil t, "For those who can picture only the gory end of Jonestown, Julia Scheeres offers a heartbreaking and often inspiring glimpse of what might have been. Her masterfully told and exhaustively researched A Thousand Lives should stand not only as the definitive word on Jonese(tm) horrific machinations, but on the utopian dreams of a bygone generation. A worthy follow-up to her superb memoir, Jesus Land ." -- Tom Barbash, author of On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal, eoeThe definitive book on Jonestown and the Danse Macabre of suicide and murder orchestrated by mad Jim Jones. Julia Scheeres takes us by the hand and leads us gently, inexorably, into the darkness.e e" Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard, "Chilling and heart-wrenching, this is a brilliant testament to Jones's victims, so many of whom were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time." -- Publisher's Weekly , starred review, "The definitive book on Jonestown and the Danse Macabre of suicide and murder orchestrated by mad Jim Jones. Julia Scheeres takes us by the hand and leads us gently, inexorably, into the darkness." Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard, "For those who can picture only the gory end of Jonestown, Julia Scheeres offers a heartbreaking and often inspiring glimpse of what might have been. Her masterfully told and exhaustively researched A Thousand Lives should stand not only as the definitive word on Jones horrific machinations, but on the utopian dreams of a bygone generation. A worthy follow-up to her superb memoir, Jesus Land ." -- Tom Barbash, author of On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal, "This the best book in a good long time on the dangers of fanatical faith, the power of group belief and lure of deep certainties. These demons that haunt the human mind can only be countered by facing them with courage and honesty - this is precisely what Scheeres has done." -- Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us, "Julia Scheeres's book sheds startling new light on this murky, mini-chapter of contemporary history....the narrative is [a] compelling...psychological mystery." -- The Wall Street Journal
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