The Resource The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple, Jeff Guinn
The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple, Jeff Guinn
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- Summary
- 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' 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' 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 955 pages (large print) + 16 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9781410498656
- Label
- The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
- Title
- The road to Jonestown
- Title remainder
- Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeff Guinn
- Subject
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- trueBiographies
- trueSocialists
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- truePeoples Temple
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- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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' 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' 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
- Summary
- A portrait of the influential 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 astonishing new details about the events leading to the 1978 tragedy
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 10558698
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 289.9
- Illustrations
- photographs
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
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- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
- Label
- The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple, Jeff Guinn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 855-952)
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- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 000059701137
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 955 pages (large print) + 16 pages of unnumbered plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410498656
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017009011
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- photographs, portraits
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)967201530
- Label
- The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple, Jeff Guinn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 855-952)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 000059701137
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 955 pages (large print) + 16 pages of unnumbered plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410498656
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017009011
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- photographs, portraits
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)967201530
Subject
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- Biographies
- trueBiographies
- trueCults
- trueJones, Jim, 1931-1978
- trueJonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978
- Large type books
- trueLife stories -- Religion and spirituality | Religious and spiritual leaders
- trueMurder
- Nonfiction
- truePeoples Temple
- Peoples Temple -- History
- truePoisoning
- trueScandals
- trueSocialists
- trueSuicide
- trueTrue crime -- Murder
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