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MANSON: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLES MANSON
by Guinn, Jeff
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1451645163
- ISBN 13
- 9781451645163
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Guinn, an award-winning True Crime author, has written a tour de force biography of mass murderer Charles Manson and his "family." While "Helter Skelter," Vincent Bugliosi's work on Manson, concentrated on the murder investigation and the subsequent trials, Guinn has gone back to Manson's boyhood to talk with members of his family never before interviewed as well as childhood friends and cell mates. The book also contains family photos published for the first time. The result is a comprehensive biography placing Manson and his crimes in the context of Los Angeles, California, in the 1960s. Reviewer Copy with the publisher's material laid-in. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows perhaps a touch of edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A "must-have" for the True Crime collector.
Synopsis
The most authoritative account ever written of how an ordinary juvenile delinquent named Charles Manson became the notorious murderer whose crimes still shock and horrify us today. 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 MansonâÈçs childhood. Guinn interviewed MansonâÈçs 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 MansonâÈçs life. Guinn has made discoveries about the night of the Tate murders, answering unresolved questions, such as why one person on the property where the murders occurred was spared. Manson puts the killer in the context of his times, the turbulent late sixties, an era of race riots and street protests when authority in all its forms was under siege. Guinn shows us how Manson created and refined his message to fit the times, persuading confused young women (and a few men) that he had the solutions to their problems. At the same time he used them to pursue his long-standing musical ambitions, relocating to Los Angeles in search of a recording contract. His frustrated ambitions, combined with his bizarre race-war obsession, would have lethal consequences as he convinced his followers to commit heinous murders on successive nights. In addition to stunning revelations about Charles Manson, the book contains family photographs never before published.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005191
- Title
- MANSON: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLES MANSON
- Author
- Guinn, Jeff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 1451645163
- ISBN 13
- 9781451645163
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME, FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY, MASS MURDER, CALIFORNIA, BIOGRAPHY, HELTER SKELTER,
- Bookseller catalogs
- California; Biography/Memoirs; Advance Reading/Review Copy;
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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