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Death in the jungle : murder, betrayal, and the lost dream of Jonestown Cover Image Book

Death in the jungle : murder, betrayal, and the lost dream of Jonestown / Candace Fleming.

Fleming, Candace, (author.).

Summary:

A chronicle of one of American history's most notorious cults, a book including first-person accounts follows Jim Jones from humble origins to "Jonestown" in Guyana, South America, and traces his transformation of Peoples Temple into a nefarious experiment in mind control.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593480076
  • ISBN: 0593480074
  • ISBN: 9780593480069
  • ISBN: 0593480066
  • Physical Description: 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Anne Schwartz Books, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-343) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Beginnings -- Relocating -- Radicalizing -- Exodus -- Jonestown -- After.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Jones, Jim, 1931-1978.
Jones, Jim, 1931-1978 > Psychology.
Peoples Temple.
Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978.
Cults.
Genre: Young adult literature.
True crime stories.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 15 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library.

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  • 4 current holds with 31 total copies.
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