The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple / by Jeff Guinn
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.
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- ISBN: 9781410498656
- ISBN: 1410498654
- Physical Description: 955 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large Print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Subject: | Jones, Jim, 1931-1978. Peoples Temple. Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978. |
Genre: | Large print books. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | LT 289.9 G964r 2017 (Text) | 33126022164176 | Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | LT 289.9 G964r 2017 (Text) | 33126022164168 | Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |