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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family is a 2020 non-fiction book by Robert Kolker.The book is an account of the Galvin family of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a mid 20th-century American family with twelve children (ten boys and two girls), six of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia (notably all boys).
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. In what Jones termed "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestrated a mass murder-suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978.
The novel won the Costa Book of the Year and the Costa Book Award for First Novel in 2013, with chairman of the judges Rose Tremain saying it was "exceptionally moving without being sentimental" and "astonishingly sure-footed" for a first novel. [10] Additionally, the novel was awarded the Betty Trask Prize of £10,000 in 2014. [11]
James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American novelist renowned for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. He won the 1952 National Book Award for his debut novel, From Here to Eternity, which was adapted for film a year later (and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture) and made into a television series a generation later.
Maria Katsaris (June 9, 1953 – November 18, 1978) [1] was a member of the Peoples Temple cult led by Jim Jones. She is known for being one of the most high-ranking figures in Temple leadership and one of Jim Jones' lovers. [2]
The original book, blurbed by Salman Rushdie, who appeared in the first Bridget Jones movie as himself, began as a column in The Independent, following a fictitious singleton navigating dating in ...
Gallo started as an enforcer and hitman for Joe Profaci in the Profaci crime family.In addition to helping to manage his father's loan-sharking business and Larry Gallo's vending machine and jukebox operations (with the latter often perceived as the "crown jewel" of the family's rackets), he directly oversaw a variety of enterprises, including floating dice and high-stakes card games ...
The brother of late Doors rocker Jim Morrison is reflecting on the star’s final days in Paris — and what inspired him to take off for the City of Light in the first place.. Members of Morrison ...