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- Page Count 320
- Publication Year 2011
- Publisher Free Press
- ISBN-13 9781416596394
A Thousand Lives
Archival Summary & Scope
*A Thousand Lives* by Julia Scheeres redefines the history of Jonestown, centering on the lives of the Peoples Temple members. Initially drawn to Jim Jones's 1954 church by promises of social justice, congregants later found themselves trapped in a remote Guyanese jungle, cut off and driven towards "revolutionary suicide" by Jones's escalating tyranny. Based on extensive research, including declassified FBI documents, this vivid account exposes the hopes, corrupted ideals, and profound loss that defined one of history's most haunting tragedies.Archival Categorization Notes
This literature has been indexed under the primary pillar of True Crime. It was manually vetted for the Read For Truth database because it provides educational insights into Cults, assisting researchers in locating established secondary research within this specific taxonomy.
