Dean Merrill's Books

The Broken God

With Bonnie Thielmann, the adopted “daughter” of cult leader Jim Jones. She knew the man better than most, left the cult three years before its crash, but was along with the investigating Congressman’s delegation to Guyana the night 900 people drank the Kool-Aid. Thielmann’s perspective helps explain how such a tragedy could happen. Published by Cook, 1979. (Now out of print—try the used-book markets). Also published in German.