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MANSON: The Unholy Trail of Charlie and the Family
John Gilmore + Ron Kenner
 
Random murder and savage overkill, mind control and trips, satanism and witchcraft, cursed g]amour, Haight Ashbury, rock'n'roll, biker gangs, sexual rebellion & dune buggies tearing across Death Valley in search of the "hole in the earth"
 
The persona of Charles Manson and his bizarre sway over the Family remain riveting to the public a quarter century down the line. At the time of the killings, Charlie Manson was instantly demonized in by the media. Today he has become an icon of rebellion – "the spirit of annihilation." Manson is a gripping account of one of the most chilling and fascinating crime sagas of our time, now available in a revised and updated edition containing 36 pages of previously unpublished photos. New vectors into the kaleidoscopic tale which spins inexorably out of the slayings emerge in this updated edition with new material on killer Bobby Beausoleil and his occult alliance with experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger.
 
ISBN 1-878923-13-7 trade paper, 208 pp., illustrated $15.95
   
amokbooks.com 2005
  Reviews:
 
"Brutally honest, this a portrayal of the revengers' whose hatred is submerged so deep that they confuse it for 'love.' ... By far the most definitive offering on the murders ... cooly views the condition of stark madness; this terrible tale haunts the reader. A remarkable achievement in bringing together the chords of fear ... Manson is claimed utterly by Satan." – Los Angeles News-Advocate
 
"Fascinating!" – Library Journal
 
"Vividly recounts in the Manson Family's own words the harrowing story of the Manson murders and Manson's bizarre life" – Los Angeles Times Book Review
 
"A well-researched ethnography of the Manson Family more than an investigation of their crimes." – Chicago Reader
 
"A psychogeographical history of Manson and his family ... Charlie considered him [Gilmore] a suitable medium for his messianic message." – Dazed and Confused, U.K.
 
"A detailed examination of the Tate/La Bianca killings, draws from personal acquaintance with the Manson Clan."– Index Magazine
 
John Gilmore is the author of Severed, Laid Bare, Cold-Blooded, Live Fast, Die Young and Fetish Blonde. Ron Kenner is the author of Max the Butcher and a veteran Los Angeles journalist.
 
Formerly published as the Amok Books title The Garbage People
 
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