The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
Guinn, Jeff2017
Books, Manuscripts
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. 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 1000 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 900 people died - including almost 300 infants and children - after being ordered to swallow a cyanide-laced drink.
Main title:
The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple / Jeff Guinn.
Author:
Guinn, Jeff, author
Imprint:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Collation:
ix, 531 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781476763828 (hbk)
Dewey class:
289.9306.6306.6 GUI
Language:
English
BRN:
2488517