Books like Manson by Jeff Guinn
Jeff Guinn draws on newly discovered documents and testimony to chronicle the rise of Charles Manson from a petty delinquent to the infamous leader of a mostly female commune that carried out the 1969 murders of nine people in Los Angeles, among them actress Sharon Tate. The book provides the definitive account of how Manson’s charisma and manipulation led to one of the most notorious crime waves in American history.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Jeff Guinn
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