There is no one simple answer to anything. So when i do write these books try to pick an era in American History. When i wrote about bonnie and clyde was really writing about the depression and growing up poor in the dust bowl. When i wrote about the gunfight at the o. K. Corral which was not actually a gunfight and wasnt at the o. K. Corral, but the accidental shooting in an empty lot on fremont street just did not have the same sort of ring to it when the first people were going to write this history. I wanted to write about the settling of the last part of the american frontier, and about three and half years ago it occurred to me that a lot of that unique time in American History that we know as the late 1960s is either getting completely forgotten or else people are sort of putting their own little twist on it. H, yeah. Some people say the hippies with a lot of sex and drugs. Wasnt that silly and cute . Other people remember the passion over the war. The students marching in the s
Author jeff quinn. You open your most recent book, waco, with this quote from rick perlstein, the historian. A fog of crosscut motives and narratives, the complexity that defies storybook simplicity at a that is usually the way history happens. I think the quote is the most cogent of ever heard. Rick does a tremendous job himself and its true. Know historic event happens in a vacuum. Its tied to many other things. And thats the fascination in research and writing on narrative, nonfiction, history. What i read a quote from you as well, and this is from 2021 in the cleburne times review. A lot of people no longer want to buy nonfiction to learn things. They want nonfiction books to reflect what they already believ want books to reinforce their opinions. They want books that tell them everything they believe is absolutely right and that the other side is even worse than they thought. If you take a look at the bestseller list for nonfiction, for the last several years, theres three categor
Impressionable young people, many from good families who he manipulates with mindcontrol techniques, turning his group of peaceful hippies into a devoted death squad. Police have yet to make the connection between the carnage at two of mansons bloody crime scenes, and charlie is way ahead of them. He wants more death, and he wants it the very next night. How will investigators ultimately piece it all together . Heres part two of the devils work. [ ominous Chord Strikes ] i spent the best part of my life in boys schools, prisons, and reform schools. Roberts you cant understand Charlie Manson without understanding his criminal past and his time in jail. Rick in order for him to survive, he developed skills to manipulate people. Prison is where manson perfected the art of the con. Hes inspired by a very unlikely source. His personal guru is none other than dale carnegie. Dr. Jordan how to win friends and influence people. And then he used those techniques, that ability to manipulate, and
Tonight at a kern county hospital. A look back on the life of a murders master mind. Reporter before 1969 few people heard of Charles Manson. Then came the two day rampage in southern california. Charles manson convicted of using his cult to turn followers into killers and ordering the murders of 7 people. One was actress sharon tate and 8 months pregnant at the time of the murder. What is the hearing . Reporter Charles Manson was born to a 16yearold mother in cincinnati. He grew up in foster homes and by the time of the murders had been in and out of prison for most of his life. In 1986 charlie rose interviewed Charles Manson. I never made a bad move in my whole life. Reporter even when it came to the murders. There is no murder in the holy war. Was it a holy war . The whole thing is a holy war. Charles mansons cult spoke about a holy war against had rich and powerful. Four of his followers were convicted in the murders. All of their death sentences were commuted to life in prison. Ch
Wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min toll plaza. Richmond less than 20 toll to 101 darya breaking overnight. Police in the east bay are investigating a suspicious death at a hotel. james kron 4s Lydia Pantazes is live in concord this morning with the details. lydia it happened around 10 30 last night at the best western heritage inn on clayton road. Police have not released any details about the victim or howe that person died. james thanks lydia. We will check back with you through out the morning. darya we are following breaking news from overnight. Cult leader and convicted murderer Charles Manson has died. james the California Department of corrections says he died of Natural Causes yesterday. Mason and his followers, a cult known as the family, were behind a string of gruesome murders in california in 1969. The attacks left seven people dead, including pregnant actress sharon