Ebook: Helter skelter : the true story of the Manson murders
- Tags: Murder -- California -- Case studies. Manson Charles -- 1934- Tate Sharon -- 1943-1969. Tate Sharon -- 1943-1969 Murder. California.
- Year: 1974
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- City: New York, California
- Language: English
- epub
Review
One of the best crime stories ever written. -- _Chicago Sun-Times_
[A] social document of rare importance. -- _The New Republic_
Product Description
A national bestseller�7 million copies sold. Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Here is the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime. 50 pages of b/w photographs.
Both Helter Skelter and Vincent Bugliosi's subsequent Till Death Us Do Part won Edgar Allan Poe Awards for best true-crime book of the year. Bugliosi is also the author of Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O. J. Simpson Got Away with Murder (Norton, 1996) and other books. Curt Gentry, an Edgar winner, is the author of J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets (available in Norton paperback) and Frame-Up: The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings.