A Thousand Lives : The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown

A Thousand Lives : The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown

Julia Scheeres

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FörlagFree Press
ISBN9781451628968

In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jones opened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. He was a charismatic preacher with idealistic beliefs, and he quickly filled his pews with an audience eager to hear his sermons on social justice. As Jones’s behavior became erratic and his m