{"type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "title": "Jonestown", "subjects": ["Biography", "Literature, history and criticism", "Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978"], "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL13114678A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "key": "/works/OL36498303W", "description": "This is a true story of an American family\u2019s monstrous tragedy that continues to interest Hollywood and historians worldwide.\r\n\r\nAfter the heartbreaking loss of her own father, the youngest daughter, Mary, found a replacement in Reverend Jim Jones. But as a member of his Peoples Temple in California, she soon became overworked, underfed, and was beaten. Meanwhile, her family back home watched helplessly as she slowly disappeared into Jim Jones\u2019s clutches. Then, just as her parents\u2019 generation once searched for a better life in a new country, Mary moved with her young family to Guyana.\r\nJonestown: An American Family Tragedy tells this story. It also includes Jim Jones\u2019s personal history, his rise to enormous power, and his catastrophic downfall that left 913 people dead. Readers will learn about life inside Jonestown, its gradual decline, and the truth of November 18, 1978: it was murder, not suicide. Nevertheless, many people today remain attracted to charismatic leaders who promise them a better life. Yet these same leaders can often wind up harming their followers instead: Jonestown still holds a lesson.", "subject_places": ["Guyana", "Jonestown (Guyana)"], "subject_people": ["Jim Jones (1931-1978)"], "latest_revision": 3, "revision": 3, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2023-08-17T11:31:16.182788"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2023-12-23T16:44:33.631363"}}