[Merrni] (Epub) Manson: The Life and Times of Charles
Manson
By Jeff Guinn
The New York Times bestselling, authoritative account of the life of
Charles Manson, filled with surprising new information and previously
unpublished photographs: ?A riveting, almost Dickensian narrative?four
stars? (People).More than forty years ago Charles Manson and his mostly
female commune killed nine people, among them the pregnant actress
Sharon Tate. It was the culmination of a criminal career that author Jeff
Guinn traces back to Manson?s childhood. Guinn interviewed Manson?s
sister and cousin, neither of whom had ever previously cooperated with an
author. Childhood friends, cellmates, and even some members of the
Manson family have provided new information about Manson?s life. Guinn
has made discoveries about the night of the Tate murders, answering
unresolved questions, such as why one person near the scene of the crime
was spared. Manson puts the killer in the context of the turbulent late
sixties, an era of race riots and street protests when authority in all its
forms
