{"product_id":"death-in-the-jungle-candace-fleming-9780593480076","title":"Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit \"revolutionary suicide\" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing riveting first-person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming reveals the makings of a monster: from Jones's humble origins as a child of the Depression... to his founding of a group whose idealistic promises of equality and justice attracted thousands of followers... to his relocation of Temple headquarters from California to an unsettled territory in Guyana, South America, which he dubbed \"Jonestown\"... to his transformation of Peoples Temple into a nefarious experiment in mind-control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Fleming heart-stoppingly depicts Jones's final act, persuading his followers to swallow fatal doses of cyanide--to \"drink the kool-aid,\" as it became known--as a test of their ultimate devotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a sweeping story that traces, step by step, the ways in which one man slowly indoctrinated, then murdered, 900 innocent, well- meaning people. And how a few members, Jones' own son included, stood up to him... but not before it was too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Candace Fleming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593480074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593480076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Schwartz Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2025 pg. 65","brand":"Candace Fleming","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":46670685995263,"sku":"9780593480076","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31ff43af-a75d-49b2-909c-912648ade6b7.jpg?v=1741317095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-in-the-jungle-candace-fleming-9780593480076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}