Jeff Guinn is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Go Down Together, The Last Gunfight, Manson, The Road to Jonestown, War on the Border, and Waco. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame.
“I have to say that it is weird to find out the background of
things that I grew up hearing about around the dinner table. The
level of research and detail in The Road to Jonestown is the best
ever, and really lets readers understand not only what happened,
but how and why. This book tells the Jim Jones story better than
anything I have read to date.”
*Jim Jones, Jr.*
“Jeff Guinn offers what might be the most complete picture to date
of this tragic saga, and of the man who engineered it. . . . The
result is a disturbing portrait of evil — and a compassionate
memorial to those taken in by Jones’ malign charisma.”
*The San Francisco Chronicle*
"A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant
con man and his all-too vulnerable prey. . . . Generates a bizarre
— dare I say Manson-like? — magnetic force that pulls the reader
through its many pages. Noir thriller morphs into horror
story."
*The Boston Globe*
"Magisterial. . . . Guinn's exhaustive research, shrewd analysis,
and engaging prose illuminate a monstrous yet tragic figure--and
the motives of those who lost their souls to him."
*Publishers Weekly*
"A vivid, fascinating revisitation of a time and series of episodes
fast receding into history even as their forgotten survivors still
walk among us."
*Kirkus Reviews (starred review)*
"A powerful account of Jones's life. . . . Guinn's blow-by-blow
account of Jonestown's final days in the book's last chapters is
riveting."
*BookPage*
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