The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

2018 Edgar Award Finalist--Best Fact Crime

"A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable prey" (The Boston Globe)--the definitive story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre, the largest murder-suicide in American history, by the New York Times bestselling autho...show more

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AlexCruse
Jan 03, 2023
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5 stars.

This was incredibly thorough and I learned so much about Jim Jones and how he and Peoples Temple came to be; from their rise, their politic, and to their demise. An overall engaging read and if you are interested in Jonestown I would definitely recommend this.

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