Pre-Owned The Road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple (Hardcover) 9781476763828

from amcheri

I loved Guinn's book on Charles Manson and found this one just as well researched and interesting. I admit that I had a tough time focusing on the book from about halfway on to the end but I think that was my own issue rather than anything having to do with the book or narrator. It was fascinat...

from ElizaJane

I had previously read Guinn's book on Charles Manson and continue to think it's one of the best books I've read this century. When I saw this new book on Jim Jones, I just knew it was a must-read for me. Jones and Manson are similar in that they were both cult leaders and thought they were God, b...

from debkrenzer

I chose to read this book because I didn't really know a lot about the Peoples Temple. All I really knew was that they were a cult, they moved their family to Guyana, they killed Senator Leo Ryan and several media when they tried to interfere and 900 of men, women and children drank the kool-aid ...

from wellreadcatlady

I knew a little bit about Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, but this book has taught me so much more. I think, like most people, I kind of just thought of him as a crazy guy who had found people crazy enough to follow him. Jim Jones was always pretty shady, but this book helps understand why peop...

from Jan.Coco.Day

Guinn's approach to this history of Rev. Jim Jones and the People's Temple displays compassion for the Temple's followers; but is highly critical of Jones himself. The compassion is most apparent in the absence of the word "cult" anywhere in this book. Guinn's mission is to impart the value in cr...