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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The item The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple, Jeff Guinn represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
- Summary
- A portrait of the 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 new details about the events leading to the 1978 tragedy
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- ix, 531 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Part one. Indiana
- Lynetta and Jim
- Lynn
- Jimmy
- Growing up
- Richmond
- Marceline
- Jim and Marceline
- Beginnings
- A church where you get something now
- Peoples Temple
- Gaining influence
- Father Divine
- "All races together"
- A man to be reckoned with
- Breakdown
- Brazil
- Looking west
- Part two. California
- Redneck Valley
- Dead end
- Resurrection
- Carolyn
- A socialist example
- Money
- Worker bees
- On the road
- Failures
- Drugs
- Sex
- Family
- The planning commission
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Narrow escapes
- Reaching out
- the gang of eight
- Consequences
- The promised land
- Kimo
- City politics
- More money
- Defectors
- "Our year of ascendancy"
- New West
- Part three. Guyana
- Jonestown
- Concerned relatives and the first White Night
- Death will be painless
- Betrayals
- Unraveling
- Final days
- "Some place that hope runs out"
- What happened?
- Aftermath
- Isbn
- 9781476763828
- 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
- Title variation
- Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A portrait of the 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 new details about the events leading to the 1978 tragedy
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Guinn, Jeff
- Dewey number
- 289.9
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jones, Jim
- Peoples Temple
- Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978
- Label
- The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple, Jeff Guinn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-508) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one. Indiana -- Lynetta and Jim -- Lynn -- Jimmy -- Growing up -- Richmond -- Marceline -- Jim and Marceline -- Beginnings -- A church where you get something now -- Peoples Temple -- Gaining influence -- Father Divine -- "All races together" -- A man to be reckoned with -- Breakdown -- Brazil -- Looking west -- Part two. California -- Redneck Valley -- Dead end -- Resurrection -- Carolyn -- A socialist example -- Money -- Worker bees -- On the road -- Failures -- Drugs -- Sex -- Family -- The planning commission -- Los Angeles -- San Francisco -- Narrow escapes -- Reaching out -- the gang of eight -- Consequences -- The promised land -- Kimo -- City politics -- More money -- Defectors -- "Our year of ascendancy" -- New West -- Part three. Guyana -- Jonestown -- Concerned relatives and the first White Night -- Death will be painless -- Betrayals -- Unraveling -- Final days -- "Some place that hope runs out" -- What happened? -- Aftermath
- Control code
- ocn952647617
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- ix, 531 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476763828
- Lccn
- 2016051471
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple, Jeff Guinn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-508) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one. Indiana -- Lynetta and Jim -- Lynn -- Jimmy -- Growing up -- Richmond -- Marceline -- Jim and Marceline -- Beginnings -- A church where you get something now -- Peoples Temple -- Gaining influence -- Father Divine -- "All races together" -- A man to be reckoned with -- Breakdown -- Brazil -- Looking west -- Part two. California -- Redneck Valley -- Dead end -- Resurrection -- Carolyn -- A socialist example -- Money -- Worker bees -- On the road -- Failures -- Drugs -- Sex -- Family -- The planning commission -- Los Angeles -- San Francisco -- Narrow escapes -- Reaching out -- the gang of eight -- Consequences -- The promised land -- Kimo -- City politics -- More money -- Defectors -- "Our year of ascendancy" -- New West -- Part three. Guyana -- Jonestown -- Concerned relatives and the first White Night -- Death will be painless -- Betrayals -- Unraveling -- Final days -- "Some place that hope runs out" -- What happened? -- Aftermath
- Control code
- ocn952647617
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- ix, 531 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476763828
- Lccn
- 2016051471
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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