{"product_id":"a-thousand-lives-the-untold-story-of-jonestown-paperback","title":"A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Scheeres\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping account of how decent people can be taken in by a charismatic and crazed tyrant\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1954, a past or named Jim Jones \u003c\/b\u003eopened 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 message more ominous, his followers leaned on each other to recapture the sense of equality that had drawn them to his church. But even as the congregation thrived, Jones made it increasingly difficult for members to leave. By the time Jones moved his congregation to a remote jungle in Guyana and the U.S. government began to investigate allegations of abuse and false imprisonment in Jonestown, it was too late. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Thousand Lives \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of Jonestown as it has never been told. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Julia Scheeres drew from tens of thousands of recently declassified FBI documents and audiotapes, as well as rare videos and interviews, to piece together an unprecedented and compelling history of the doomed camp, focusing on the people who lived there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe people who built Jonestown wanted to forge a better life for themselves and their children. In South America, however, they found themselves trapped in Jonestown and cut off from the outside world as their leader goaded them toward committing \"revolutionary suicide\" and deprived them of food, sleep, and hope. Vividly written and impossible to forget, \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Lives \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of blind loyalty and daring escapes, of corrupted ideals and senseless, haunting loss.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Scheeres\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eJesus Land\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Berkeley, California with her husband and two daughters.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42656524337248,"sku":"9781416596400","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/ZDlySzVXMUdDek5RNDBTV1N5Z1prUT09.webp?v=1774198257","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/a-thousand-lives-the-untold-story-of-jonestown-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}