A thousand lives

the untold story of hope, deception, and survival at Jonestown

by Julia Scheeres

307 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 2011 by Free Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-4165-9639-4
OCLC Number:: 709673140

(5 reviews)

What started as a Utopian dream soon devolved into a terrifying work camp run by a madman, ending in the mass murder-suicide of 914 members in November 1978.

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4 stars

While not a definitive history, this book makes a good companion to Jeff Guinn’s exhaustive piece. Unlike Guinn, who sets his focus on Jim Jones, this book is more about his followers and their stories.