‘The Road to Jonestown,’ by Jeff Guinn

In 1976, the Peoples Temple founder was courted by Bay Area politicos, praised by a famed newsman and invited to meet with Washington luminaries. Five others — a Bay Area congressman, three American journalists and one of Jones’ ex-disciples — had been shot and killed at a nearby airstrip… By Kevin Canfield.
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