Jonestown Massacre: Tragic End of a Cult

By Gina DeAngelis

Book Overview

At the behest of their leader, Jim Jones, the members of Peoples Temple committed mass suicide, creating one of the greatest cult disasters in history. Overall, 912 people were left dead. How could... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766017842
• ISBN13: 9780766017849
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Tragic End of a Cult, Happy end for my English Grade

I would highly recommend this book for any ages, as I just recently found it extremely helpful as a reference for my disaster report in English. Thanks to this book, I got an A- on my project and oral speech. It's content is elaborate and precise, but also very intriguing. The story of this massacre is so horrible, You can't but it down until you find out everything that happened, even if the middle is a bit dry. I may not have purchased this book having read it in the library, but overall, I do recommend this book for any age school student, and adults as well.

The Real and tragic Story

I guess the real story of what actually happened in Jonestown was written by a young woman who escaped from the compound and blew the whistle on Jim Jones and his grizley plan. It is just as suitable for teens as adults and ought to be required reading. Debra Layton's book SEDUCTIVE POISON is a well written, thoroughly gripping first hand account of Life and Death in the People's Temple Cult. When I finished reading it I finally had a sense of how and why so many young idealists lost their lives. I highly recommend for ALL AGE GROUPS