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Koresh : the true story of David Koresh and the tragedy at Waco / Stephan Talty.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 446 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780358581284
  • 0358581281
Other title:
  • True story of David Koresh and the tragedy at Waco
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Contents:
pt. I. Child of the lone star. Bonnie ; Vernon ; Dallas ; Vernon and Roy ; The clubhouse ; Vernon and Linda ; Sandy ; Every story tells a lie ; Wild winds -- pt. II. The message. Lois ; The Davidians ; The meetings ; Rachel ; David Bunds ; Palestine ; The Golden state ; Marc ; Steve -- pt. III. Of Babylon. The raid ; Coker ; Mount Carmel -- David and Vernon ; Newbold ; The scream tape ; Unreal colossal supermarket ; The new light ; Marc Agonistes ; Author's note -- pt. IV. Coming a time. The rival ; Doreen ; Jerusalem lost ; Waco ; The trial -- pt. V. The bureau. The investigation ; Surveillance ; Hood ; The element of surprise ; Byron ; Ambulances -- pt. VI. My strange work. Washington ; Irreconcilable ; Double-minded ; The trilateral commission ; The hill ; Nebula ; Acceptance ; The manuscript ; Letters ; Gas ; Bodies ; Specters.
Summary: "The first comprehensive account of David Koresh, the tragedy at Waco, and the rise of government mistrust in America"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: The first comprehensive account of David Koresh's life, his road to Waco, and the rise of government mistrust in America, from a master of narrative nonfiction. No other event in the last fifty years is shrouded in myth like the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. Today, we remember this moment for the 76 people, including 20 children, who died in the fire; for its inspiration of the Oklahoma City bombing; and for the wave of anti-government militarism that followed. What we understand far less is what motivated the Davidians' enigmatic leader, David Koresh. Drawing on first-time, exclusive interviews with Koresh's family and survivors of the siege, bestselling author Stephan Talty paints a psychological portrait of this infamous icon of the 1990s. Born Vernon Howell into the hyper-masculine world of central Texas in the 1960s, Koresh experienced a childhood riven with abuse and isolation. He found a new version of himself in the halls of his local church, and love in the fundamentalist sect of the Branch Davidians. Later, with a new name and professed prophetic powers, Koresh ushered in a new era for the Davidians that prized his own sexual conquest as much as his followers' faith. As one survivor has said, "What better way for a worthless child to feel worth than to become God?" In his signature immersive storytelling, Talty reveals how Koresh's fixation on holy war, which would deliver the Davidians to their reward and confirm himself as Christ, collided with his paranoid obsession with firearms to destructive effect. Their deadly, 51-day standoff with the embattled FBI and ATF, he shows, embodied an anti-government ethic that continues to resonate today. Now, thirty years after that unforgettable moment, Koresh presents the tragedy at Waco -- and the government mistrust it inspired -- in its fullest context yet. - Publisher.
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"Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve. ... Talty delves the deepest into the history and twisted personality of David Koresh." --Wall Street Journal

The first comprehensive account of David Koresh's life, his road to Waco, and the rise of government mistrust in America, from a master of narrative nonfiction

No other event in the last fifty years is shrouded in myth like the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. Today, we remember this moment for the 76 people, including 20 children, who died in the fire; for its inspiration of the Oklahoma City bombing; and for the wave of anti-government militarism that followed. What we understand far less is what motivated the Davidians' enigmatic leader, David Koresh.

Drawing on first-time, exclusive interviews with Koresh's family and survivors of the siege, bestselling author Stephan Talty paints a psychological portrait of this infamous icon of the 1990s. Born Vernon Howell into the hyper-masculine world of central Texas in the 1960s, Koresh experienced a childhood riven with abuse and isolation. He found a new version of himself in the halls of his local church, and love in the fundamentalist sect of the Branch Davidians. Later, with a new name and professed prophetic powers, Koresh ushered in a new era for the Davidians that prized his own sexual conquest as much as his followers' faith. As one survivor has said, "What better way for a worthless child to feel worth than to become God?"

In his signature immersive storytelling, Talty reveals how Koresh's fixation on holy war, which would deliver the Davidians to their reward and confirm himself as Christ, collided with his paranoid obsession with firearms to destructive effect. Their deadly, 51-day standoff with the embattled FBI and ATF, he shows, embodied an anti-government ethic that continues to resonate today.

Now, thirty years after that unforgettable moment, Koresh presents the tragedy at Waco--and the government mistrust it inspired--in its fullest context yet.

"The first comprehensive account of David Koresh, the tragedy at Waco, and the rise of government mistrust in America"-- Provided by publisher.

The first comprehensive account of David Koresh's life, his road to Waco, and the rise of government mistrust in America, from a master of narrative nonfiction. No other event in the last fifty years is shrouded in myth like the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. Today, we remember this moment for the 76 people, including 20 children, who died in the fire; for its inspiration of the Oklahoma City bombing; and for the wave of anti-government militarism that followed. What we understand far less is what motivated the Davidians' enigmatic leader, David Koresh. Drawing on first-time, exclusive interviews with Koresh's family and survivors of the siege, bestselling author Stephan Talty paints a psychological portrait of this infamous icon of the 1990s. Born Vernon Howell into the hyper-masculine world of central Texas in the 1960s, Koresh experienced a childhood riven with abuse and isolation. He found a new version of himself in the halls of his local church, and love in the fundamentalist sect of the Branch Davidians. Later, with a new name and professed prophetic powers, Koresh ushered in a new era for the Davidians that prized his own sexual conquest as much as his followers' faith. As one survivor has said, "What better way for a worthless child to feel worth than to become God?" In his signature immersive storytelling, Talty reveals how Koresh's fixation on holy war, which would deliver the Davidians to their reward and confirm himself as Christ, collided with his paranoid obsession with firearms to destructive effect. Their deadly, 51-day standoff with the embattled FBI and ATF, he shows, embodied an anti-government ethic that continues to resonate today. Now, thirty years after that unforgettable moment, Koresh presents the tragedy at Waco -- and the government mistrust it inspired -- in its fullest context yet. - Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-431) and index.

pt. I. Child of the lone star. Bonnie ; Vernon ; Dallas ; Vernon and Roy ; The clubhouse ; Vernon and Linda ; Sandy ; Every story tells a lie ; Wild winds -- pt. II. The message. Lois ; The Davidians ; The meetings ; Rachel ; David Bunds ; Palestine ; The Golden state ; Marc ; Steve -- pt. III. Of Babylon. The raid ; Coker ; Mount Carmel -- David and Vernon ; Newbold ; The scream tape ; Unreal colossal supermarket ; The new light ; Marc Agonistes ; Author's note -- pt. IV. Coming a time. The rival ; Doreen ; Jerusalem lost ; Waco ; The trial -- pt. V. The bureau. The investigation ; Surveillance ; Hood ; The element of surprise ; Byron ; Ambulances -- pt. VI. My strange work. Washington ; Irreconcilable ; Double-minded ; The trilateral commission ; The hill ; Nebula ; Acceptance ; The manuscript ; Letters ; Gas ; Bodies ; Specters.

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