session is over you want to have your book signed there is a barnes & noble book tent the author is jeff guinn from the texas literary hall of fame put himself equally adept at right thing fiction and nonfiction with the true untold story of bonnie and clyde and how the okay corral change to the american west. it is the definitive account of one of the most fascinating in controversial religious figures of the 20th century. you and i talked the of their day about the fact when you write, non-fiction book you pick an era you are interested in writing from that period. but then writing about charles manson so what was it about him in that movement to capture that era? >> so writing about the time in american history we want to pick and iconic individual or even to sometimes it can be joyful as i work for simon & schuster right at the turn of the 20th century as the country was aghast and all of these things in the modern times. but when i finished the manson book about the '60s and america and i know i'm the lead person that is old enough in the room to remember the '60s the rest of you will hav

author jeff guinn chronicles this all in his amazing new book, the road to jonestown, which is out todayjoins me right now. jeff, thank you. was it kool-aid? just to get that product straight. was that what they were drinking when they took the suicide -- the poison? >> no, they weren't. at jonestown, everything was bare bones, and the flavor was flavor flavor-ade, a cheap kool-aid knockoff. they couldn't afford the real thing. >> how many of these people, while they were hypnotizes, but how many of their own volition chose to end their lives? >> we certainly know that the 300 children didn't, and we can't be certain about the old people who probably made up another third. but of the rest of the people, certainly some believed in jim jones, would do anything he wanted them to do and voluntarily committed suicide. others had bought into what jones bieved and had told them that enemies were approaching any minute and who destroy them. but there were certainly a large contingent who didn't want to do that, but there were guards holding them at gunpoint, and those who wouldn't take the poiso

also being published this week, author and former investigative reporter jeff guinn recalls the life of jim jones who was responsible for the deaths of over 900 people in november of 1978 in "the road to jonestown." neyork university public policy and economics professor jonathan morduck and center for financial services innovation senior vice president rachel schneider followed the spending habits of over 235 families over the course of a year in "the financial diaries." and journalist drew phillip chronicles rebuilding an abandoned house in his hometown in "a $500 house in detroit." look for these titles in bookstores this week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> when adolf hitler came to power in january 1933, 55% of the germans had never voted for him. he was dropped into office by a coalition of powerful people who thought they could use him. he had received, and they wanted to use him because he had received more votes than anyone else but never a majority of the votes. and this is an important point to make because when we try to expla